Wooden comb with hair attached

Museum number:

10-1199

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Accession number:

Acc.1109

Object count:

1

Description:

Hair ornament; bamboo; end split like comb; incised linear decoration; end darkened; tuft of brown hair; 9 3/8”1. Ref.: Pedro A. Gagelonia, The Filipinos of Yesteryears, p. 130 (Manila, 1967) (see over)

Donor:

David P. Barrows

Collection place:

Luzon Island, Luzon island group, Philippines

Culture or time period:

Negrito

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

1953

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Loans:

S1957-1958 #2: University of California, Riverside (April 2, 1958–November 25, 1958)

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