Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
31-48-460
From: Brazil | Matto Grosso | Upper Xingu River | Upper Kuluene River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31-48-460 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Naravute |
| Provenience | Brazil | Matto Grosso | Upper Xingu River | Upper Kuluene River |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Locus | west bank |
| Date Made | 1925-1931 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cane (plant) | Cotton |
| Description | Splints inserted through and perpendicular to pieces of cane from the teeth and also act as the warp for a closely woven cotton band covering the entire distance between the two pieces of cane |
| Length | 11.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Matto-Grosso Expedition, Vincenzo Petrullo, 1931 |
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