Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
33-38-7
From: Chile | Cautin Province | Vicinity of Temuco
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 33-38-7 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mapuche |
| Provenience | Chile | Cautin Province | Vicinity of Temuco |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Root | Fiber |
| Description | Made of roots which are traded from Patagonia across the Andes to Chile. A small bundle is doubled in the middle to form a loop handle and wound with red, green, and brown yarn to make a stiff brush. |
| Length | 24.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with Samuel K. Lathrop, 1933 |
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