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Comb
Comb
Date:
19th–early 20th century
Location:
de Young
Gallery 30
Century:
19th Century AD
Media:
Sea Turtle Shell
Dimensions:
22.9 x 5.1 cm (9 x 2.25 in.)
Department:
Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Object Type:
Tool Or Implement
Country:
New Guinea
Continent:
Oceania
Culture/People:
Southern Massim
Provenance:

"James Hooper Collection, Arundel, England." (Catalog #409, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 152.)

Accession Number:
2010.77.133
Acquisition Date:
2010-06-10
Credit Line:

Gift of Marcia and John Friede (purchased in part with funds from the Evelyn A.J. Hall Charitable Trust)

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