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A comb of the kind which was worn by men in their hair. It consists of individual rods that are square at the base and rounded and tapered towards the bottom. At the base, the rods are connected with fine wooden nails.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cataloguing data

Object type
Kamm
Dimensions
Breite: 43.0 mm, Länge: 235.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0809

Provenance and sources

when
before 1900

when
22.11.1901
who
Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors

where
Caroline (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Truk (location/origin)
who
Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors

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. 84 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 2nd consignment Nov 1901, SAF C3/241/2): "Hair comb, Ruk. Bamboo wood, 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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