Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
P1330
From: Sumatra | Komering Agong
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1330 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lampong |
| Provenience | Sumatra | Komering Agong |
| Date Made | 1901 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Metal | Turtle Shell (uncertain) |
| Description | Ornamental hair comb worn by unmarried women. Floral decorated metal handle with five bunches of flowers wrapped with wire and a bird at the top also made from metal. One end has dangling diamond shaped metal bits. Teeth made from turtle shell. Kombang goyang. |
| Height | 22 cm |
| Width | 20 cm |
| Thickness | 8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901 |
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