Wooden Comb or Hair Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Mar 2008
label: Collection Date
content: 1961
name: label: Collector
content: Rev. Jan C. Walker
label: Donor Name
content: Rev. Jan C. Walker
notes: label: Notes
content: Comb made from several flat wooden sticks, bundled together and attached at the middle. One end has several tines, other has 3. Natural color. According to the donor this is a hair ornament "worn in the hair by the higher class". This would be worn with the 3 prongs facing forward.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yap Island, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Micronesian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2044795
label: USNM Number
content: E433030-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Comb
physicalDescription: label: Height
content: 25 cm
label: Length
content: 5.5 cm
label: Width
content: 0.5 cm