Comb made from cane

Comb made from cane

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Comb, of strips of cane secured by fibre and decorated with red pigment, from Samoa

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A1566
Materials:
cane and fibre
Measurements:
length 262 mm
maximum: width 70 mm
type:
combs
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)