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Comb

A comb of the kind which was worn by men in their hair. It consists of individual rods that open like a fan at the bottom and are held together by fine wooden nails on the handle. The handle is decorated with two braided rattan strips.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Kamm
Dimensions
Width: 80.0 mm
Length: 235.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood, Pedigree cane
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0808

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1900
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    22.11.1901
    who
    Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Caroline (location/origin)
    Yap (location/origin)
    Micronesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    who
    Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania
Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) Object no. 83 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 2nd consignment Nov 1901, SAF C3/241/2): "Hair comb Yap. Wood. Worn by men on their hair". How the objects came to the Brandeis collection from the Caroline Islands, Kiribati or New Guinea is still unclear. Antonie Brandeis never spent any time there. In some cases, she received objects as gifts from naval officers or missionaries who visited her in Jaluit.

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