Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
P86
From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P86 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kantu' |
| Provenience | Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bamboo | Pigment |
| Description | Hair comb. Sugu. Flat stick of bamboo, split at bottom to form eighteen teeth, between two broader segments. Tapering top incised and painted with bands of zig-zags and leaves, between which are meandering curved leafy branches. |
| Length | 29.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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