comb
- Museum number
- Oc,+.5991
- Description
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Comb with five rounded diverging teeth of light wood, brought together at the butt, where it is pinned together and sheathed with rings of turtle shell and white shell.
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1893)
- Dimensions
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Height: 25.50 centimetres
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Width: 6 centimetres
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Depth: 1 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Christy collection registration slip (1893):
Caroline Group
Comb with five rounded diverging teeth of light wood, neatly brought together at the butt, where it is pinned together and sheathed with rings of turtle shell and white shell.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1983–1986 16 Dec-29 Jun, London, BM, Museum of Mankind, Pattern of islands: Micronesia yesterday and today
- Acquisition date
- 1893
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,+.5991
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1893C2.5991 (old CDMS no.)