Double-face comb

Exceptional fifteen-tooth model.
The downward-pointing, triangle-shaped handle is engraved with an ancestor’s face, surmounting the upper part of the comb, which is itself engraved with a second face, the whole linked by a zigzag decoration.
A second face is engraved on the other side of the comb.
Carved wood
Height: 30cm
Late 19th or early 20th century
Uruma island, Gulf of Papua
Papua New Guinea

Source :
– Marcia & John Friede. The Jolika collection. Rye. New York