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Comb
So-called head combs, which consist of individual carved and bound teeth, are more a decorative than a utility item. The handle, which consists of putty covering the bound teeth, is almost always adorned. The combs were worn by men. Today, however, they also form part of a bride's regalia.
The object was collected by Lieutenant Paul Werber from Freiburg, 1st Officer in the Imperial Navy who sailed the South Seas for a total of two years on the S.M.S. Cormoran and donated about 100 objects from various regions of Oceania to the museum.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Kamm
Dimensions
Höhe: 375.0 mm, Breite: 95.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0533
Provenance and sources
when
1900 - 1910
when
29.11.1911
where
Manus (location/origin)
Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
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