Comb of whalebone
- Made:
- 1850-1920
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Comb of whalebone, handle decorated with carved dragonhead with mother-of-pearl eyes, probably from New Zealand and Maori, 1850-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A656125
- Materials:
- whalebone and shell, mother of pearl
- type:
- combs
