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Comb2948/127

Brown comb carved from a single piece of wood. Surface is fairly smooth with some subtle grooves in texture. The handle of the comb is carved into a curved rectangular shape that is wider than the rest of the comb. There is a small square-shaped protrusion carved on the very top of the handle. There are four tines of uneven height but fairly even width and alignment.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb2878/57

Semi-circular, dark brown, wooden comb, carved from a single piece of wood. The tines of the comb are carved in a semi-circular shape, leaving a border of solid wood along the curved edge of the comb. The comb is thicker along the curved edge, and tapers to a thin, flat edge where the tines taper to a point. There is an incised design on the thicker top edge as well as one on each side of the comb where the tines begin. The pattern on the thick edge is of two diamond shapes on either side of several straight lines in the centre. The pattern on the sides is of a series of circles with dots in the middle set between two solid lines, and the pattern follows the curve of the comb's edge. All of the designs have been painted silver. At each the two corners of the flat edge of the comb, on both sides, there are three pom-poms attached to the wood (12 pom-poms in total). The pom-poms are light green, light red and light yellow.

Culture
Gujarati ?
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Weaving Comb2878/54

Rectangular, brown, wooden weaving comb strung with lengths of threads tie-dyed black, red, white, green, yellow, purple and blue. The threads are knotted together above the comb, to suspend the weaving, and hang in a large knotted bundle below the comb. The comb itself has flat, brown tines that are tapered to a point at each end, and held together between two sticks, which have fibre wrapped in between each tine and around the horizontal stick to secure them in place. The tines protrude approximately 1.5 cm to one side of the support sticks, and approximately 7 cm out the other side. There are also green and grey threads wrapped around the tines and around one end of the support stick. The tines have a horizontal line of lighter brown across the top and the bottom of the comb.

Culture
Indian
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb2878/46

Carved turtle shell comb in the shape of a fish with a tail at one end and an eye and mouth at the other end. The comb teeth make up the bottom half of the body of the fish, and the tail serves as the handle. The colour is a mixture of brown and light brown with the main body being darker brown and the tail a lighter brown. The comb curves down the length of the body.

Culture
Indian
Material
turtle shell
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb2878/45

Carved turtle shell comb in the shape of a fish with a tail at one end and an eye and mouth at the other end. The comb teeth make up the bottom half of the body of the fish, and the tail serves as the handle. The colour is a mixture of brown and light brown with the teeth and the tips of the tail being light brown and the rest of the comb being gradients of brown.

Culture
Indian
Material
turtle shell
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb2878/39

Small rectangular comb made of several small, thin pieces of light brown wood, each tapered to a point at one end, set closely together in a reddish-brown clay-like material that has shiny surface and geometric design incised on the surface. The clay-like material forms a sort of handle for the comb, and is pointed at the corners of its outer edge. The incised pattern consists of one large triangle, below which there are four horizontal lines of dots. In the centre of the triangle there are three circles close together in a triangular shape, and there is one circle in each top corner of the handle. The pattern is the same on both sides of the handle.

Culture
Indian
Material
wood and clay ?
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb2878/38

Small rectangular comb made of several small, thin pieces of light brown wood, each tapered to a point at one end, set closely together in a reddish-brown clay-like material that has shiny surface and geometric design incised on the surface. The clay-like material forms a sort of handle for the comb, and is rounded at the corners of its outer edge. The incised design consists of a chevron-like pattern centred on a horizontal line, below and above which there are four horizontal lines of dots, two on each side of the arrow design. On the bottom of the handle portion closest to the teeth are there are two additional horizontal lines. The design is the same on both sides of the handle. There is a vertical crack in the clay-like material of the handle on both sides, with a small area of what looks like glue at the crack on the top edge of the handle.

Culture
Indian
Material
wood and clay ?
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb2878/37

Small rectangular comb made of several small, thin pieces of light brown wood, each tapered to a point at one end, set closely together in a reddish-brown clay-like material that has shiny surface and geometric design incised on the surface. The clay-like material forms a sort of handle for the comb, and is pointed at the corners of its outer edge. The incised pattern consists of three triangles with a circle at each point, beneath which there are four horizontal lines of dots, and is the same on both sides of the handle.

Culture
Indian
Material
wood and clay ?
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb2878/36

Rectangular double-sided wooden comb with central handle and red and green yarn wrapping. The tines of the comb are set perpendicularly through a split in a central flat piece of wood. Between the two sets of the tines there is coloured yarn wrapped between each tine and around the wooden supports to secure the tines in place. At the top of the comb there are two pom-poms, one of which is black, green and red and the other of which is black, green, red and white. At the base of the comb there is a white, green and red tassel which attaches to the comb with a white piece of thread.

Culture
Indian
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb2878/35

Rectangular double-sided wooden comb with central handle and burgundy, green and blue yarn wrapping. The tines of the comb are set perpendicularly through splits in two central rounded pieces of wood. Between the two sets of the tines there is coloured yarn wrapped between each tine and around the wooden supports to secure the tines in place. The pattern of the yarn is a combination of red, green, and blue stripes. Around the top of the comb, above the teeth, there are two orange tassels, one on each of the two main support pieces. There is a small red thread holding together the orange threads. There is also red thread tied below the orange tassels and also below the lower portion of the teeth. At the other end of the support there is green thread tied around each of the wooden pieces. Hanging from the blue fibre is a brown thread which attached a blue and red tassel to the comb.

Culture
Indian
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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