Cane comb with 13 prongs, paddle-shaped, secured a

Made:
1881-1910

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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
Object Number:
A655789
Materials:
cane, fibre and resin
type:
combs, ethnography (melanesian) and hygiene (hair care) combs, ethnography (melanesian) and hygiene (hair care)

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