Digital Museum
Comb
Description
Ornamental object worn in men's wigs.
Two black palm prongs, and animal teeth bound with fiber strings onto a soft bark core.
Dog/marsupial teeth(?).
Also described as a 'comb'.
Global Region of Origin
Papua New Guinea
Date
prior to 1964
Material
Palm, animal teeth, fiber, bark
Provenance
Tambul area, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Copyright
© P.J. Stewart & A.J. Strathern Archive