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Comb

The comb is made of individual sticks of bamboo, which are fixed at the bottom with vegetable putty. The putty is colored and decorated with ornaments. Combs of this kind were made by men and were part of a bride's jewellery.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cataloguing data

Object type
Kamm
Dimensions
Breite: 140.0 mm, Höhe: 310.0 mm
Material/Technique
Bamboo
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0125

Provenance and sources

when
1927

where
Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
who
Pfaff-Giesberg, Robert - Collectors

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