Comb

This large comb is not only unusual in having a human figure as a finial for the handle, but also for the fact that the figure is modelled in gum and painted red, black and white. A second rosette appears on the reverse of the handle, with a different design.

Steven Hooper, 1997

Entry taken from Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection, Vol. 2: Pacific, African and Native North American Art, edited by Steven Hooper (Yale University Press, 1997) p. 64.