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DepartmentAsia

Hair comb

NameComb
CultureSumatran
DateEarly 20th Century
Place madeLumpung, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
MediumHorn, probably water buffalo, lacquer, glass, metal, paint
Dimensions4 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 3/8 in. (12 × 12 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Robert T. Coffland in memory of Mary Hunt Kahlenberg, A.2018.62.3
Object numberA.2018.62.3
ProvenanceCollected in Indonesia by Mary Hunt Kahlenberg, Indinoesianist, LACMA curator emerita and private curator for Lloyd Cotsen at various locations with specifics unknown.
DescriptionDecorative hair comb with multi-tier handle and traces of red, black and yellow lacquer.
Hair comb
Early 20th Century
Hair comb
Early 20th Century
Hair comb
Early 20th Century
Neuwirth Box, #91
Artist unrecorded
November 1915
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