Double-sided comb

Reference : 111416

Double-sided comb
Carved wood with lime and red pigment highlights.
Height: 23cm
Late 19th or early 20th century
Bamu River or Turama River?
Gulf of Papua
Papua New Guinea

Provenance:
-Marcia & John Friede. The Jolika collection. Rye. New York

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A rare example of a beautiful thirteen-tooth model.
The conical socket is engraved on both sides with an ancestral face and geometric decoration.

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