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Bamboo party comb for men with movable tail
Party comb, worn by the men (on the north coast of New Guinea the women don't wear combs). The loaner doesn't mention at which feasts these combs were worn.\ The rope wrapping around the top of the comb was probably to prevent tearing. In addition to being a general ornament, the hair comb also had a number of symbolic roles in these areas. If the comb is decorated with feathers, then the wearer h…
Type of item
- Object Type: jewelry made of hair
- Hair jewellery
- jewelry made of hair
Date
- voor 1969
Type of item
- Object Type: jewelry made of hair
- Hair jewellery
- jewelry made of hair
Date
- voor 1969
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1969
Provenance
- 2005-11-22
- Schenking
Identifier
- Haarsieraad
Format
- Technique: carving
- Carving
- carving
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- wax
- amber (fossil resin)
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z