Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
31-48-460
From: Brazil | Matto Grosso | Upper Xingu River | Upper Kuluene River
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 31-48-460 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Naravute |
Provenience | Brazil | Matto Grosso | Upper Xingu River | Upper Kuluene River |
Culture Area | Amazonia |
Locus | west bank |
Date Made | 1925-1931 CE |
Section | American |
Materials | Cane (plant) | Cotton |
Description | Splints inserted through and perpendicular to pieces of cane from the teeth and also act as the warp for a closely woven cotton band covering the entire distance between the two pieces of cane |
Length | 11.8 cm |
Credit Line | Matto-Grosso Expedition, Vincenzo Petrullo, 1931 |
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