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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