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Description: | Hair-ornament or comb made of wood, cane(?) and leaf. Two combs fastened together side by side. Each is made of seven strips of cane(?), the upper parts square-section, the lower ones round end sharpened, tied together round a long stick that forms the handle. The combs are tied together by a cross bar about half way along the prongs, above which the combs are coated in black pigment(?). The base of each handle has a tuft of red dyed leaf strips, and the upper part of the prongs are decorated with zig-zag carving.
Technique: Carved, Material: Cane
Material: Wood
Material: Leaf
Material: Pigment | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.325066 | Go to resource |
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