Black comb

Made:
1881-1930
Black comb, made of cane with 14 prongs

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Black comb, made of cane with 14 prongs
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Black comb, made of cane with 14 prongs, decorated with yellow and buff fibre, from Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1881-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A139525
Materials:
cane and fibre
type:
combs
credit:
Glendining