Images(2)

DepartmentAsia

Hair comb (bwalavwih)

NameComb

Artist Artist not recorded

DateEarly - mid-20th century (before 1970)

Place madeBaie de Melsissi, Penama, Vanuatu, Melanesia, Oceania

MediumWood (hardwood), fiber (coconut)

Dimensions8 1/16 × 2 3/4 × 1/8 in. (20.5 × 7 × 0.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.1970.34.10

Object numberFA.1970.34.10

Collections

Kal Muller Collection

DescriptionHair comb with slightly splayed long black or dark brown teeth and plaited warm brown coconut fiber "handle" in a pointed form. The continued tips of the wood strips forming the teeth make small points at the edges of the handle.

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