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Comb (Helu)

Arts of the Pacific Islands

CULTURE Tongan
  • Reportedly From: Tonga
  • DATES before 1900
    DIMENSIONS 21 5/8 x 1/4 in. (55 x 0.6 cm)
    ACCESSION NUMBER 48.31.44
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Mrs. James C. Pryor
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1899, provenance not yet documented; between November 28 and December 5, 1899, collected by James C. Pryor during the Agassiz Expedition; September 1947, gift of James C. Pryor to Frances Pierpont Pryor (Mrs. James C. Pryor), by inheritance; February 1948, gift of Frances Pierpont Pryor to the Brooklyn Museum.
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