Details
Five bamboo combs with ornamented finials
A large New Guinea comb, the finial with engraved mask; another with three bands of hatched triangles, the reverse inscribed "Friendly Is."; another with two bands of blackened lozenges; another with stylised masks and other motifs, the last with bands of scrolls heightened with lime below scrolling finial
16cm. to 36cm. long (5)
A large New Guinea comb, the finial with engraved mask; another with three bands of hatched triangles, the reverse inscribed "Friendly Is."; another with two bands of blackened lozenges; another with stylised masks and other motifs, the last with bands of scrolls heightened with lime below scrolling finial
16cm. to 36cm. long (5)
Provenance
Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers, acquired at Fenton's, November 1896 for the second