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comb

The comb has 22 teeth and is shaped like a triangle. Its handle is at the top of the triangle and is decorated in red, white, and black. At the tip of the 21 teeth is a wood stick to which the prongs are tied.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
combs (hair ornaments)
Dimensions
General: 25.8 x 42.8 cm
Material/Technique
Wood; parinarium putty; plant fibre Wickerwork; painted
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D09221
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D09221

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    Admiralty Islands
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Ludwig Cohn - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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