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Start Over Collection place Melanesia Culture or time period Melanesian cultures Materials Wood (plant material) Function 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

1. Basketry nose stick

Museum number:
11-43146
Culture or time period:
Melanesian
Object class:
Basketry (object genre) and Plaited weaving
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:
length 23.5 centimeters
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands

2. Comb, wood, twine, feathers

Museum number:
11-42712
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:
length 37 centimeters
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Western Papua New Guinea

3. Comb, wood, twine, feathers

Museum number:
11-42713
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:
length 38 centimeters
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Western Papua New Guinea

4. Nose stick

Museum number:
11-42700
Culture or time period:
Melanesian
Object class:
Nose pins
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:
length 23.2 centimeters
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Solomon Islands

5. Ornament: breast

Museum number:
11-1057
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
New Guinea, Melanesia

6. Wooden comb, pyro-graved and incised

Museum number:
11-42709
Culture or time period:
Gogodara
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Lower Fly River, Papua New Guinea

7. Wooden comb, top carved and wrapped in wire

Museum number:
11-42710
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:
Carvings (visual works), Combs (grooming tools), and Hair ornaments
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:
width 2 centimeters and length 26 centimeters
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Central Papua New Guinea