Comb made of cane and secured by fibre with blue beads

Comb made of cane and secured by fibre with blue beads

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Comb made of cane and secured by fibre with blue beads, from Samoa, 1881-1925

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A159036
Materials:
cane, fibre and beads
Measurements:
length 191 mm
max: width 45 mm
type:
combs
credit:
Glendining