Black comb
- Made:
- 1871-1910
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Black comb, paddle-shaped, with 12 prongs, made of cane and inlaid with mother-of-pearl decoration, from Solomon Islands, 1871-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A683104
- Materials:
- cane, fibre, mother-of-pearl and resin
- type:
- combs
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
