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: E4503

: World Cultures

: Personal Accessory

: Comb, woven mat handle, handle is intricately patterned in red, yellow and black geometric designs. Point on end of handle, some teeth are missing (18 left) Wood stained black. The handle is ahped like an elongated sand-timer, but the lower triangular part is longer and narrower than the upper wider and shorter part. The lower section of the handle has zigzagging yellow and black lines, alternating. Then 3 bands, 2 bands encasing 1 red. Then the upper section is bordered in yellow. A background of black, with 2 red and yellow columns up the middle. At the handle top is a stick bound on with interweaving yellow and red strands. Then out stick the teeth.

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: Solomon Islands, Oceania / Melanesia, Pacific

: Malaita

: Solomon Islands, Oceania / Melanesia, Pacific

: Malaita?

: Papua New Guinea, Oceania / Melanesia, Pacific