Product Description

Antique Balinese Comb 1

Material: Wood, rattan, horn
Style: Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia
Size: Height 20 cm, Width 5 cm (top), 7 cm (bottom)
Order Number: MHSAC1

Balinese women wear elaborate hairstyles at Balinese ceremonies which are enhanced with combs.

This elegant comb is in the shape of a human body.

This large, split comb is sculptural and striking. The form is similar to Balinese representations of Dewi Sri, the goddess of rice, with a wide, fanned-out headdress, known as cili.

19th – early 20th century.

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