Cane comb with 13 prongs

Made:: 1881-1910

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Cane comb with 13 prongs, paddle-shaped
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Cane comb with 13 prongs, paddle-shaped, secured and decorated with woven fibre and resin, from Ysabel Island, Solomon Islands, 1881-1910

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A655789

Materials:: cane, fibre and resin

type:: combs

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Cane comb with 13 prongs

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