Large wooden comb with 25 prongs

Made:
1881-1920
Large wooden comb with 25 prongs, from Samoa, 1881-1920

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Large wooden comb with 25 prongs, from Samoa, 1881-1920
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Large wooden comb with 25 prongs, from Samoa, 1881-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655787
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
length 298 mm
max: width 146 mm
type:
combs

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