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Papuan Comb
Completed at the Pitt-Rivers Museum in Oxford for The Smithsonian. The label describes the comb as having 'grotesque faces' carved into it. These faces would have been a representation of the spirit living within the comb. The white pigment inside the carved areas is made from lime.
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