1906.16.0012
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kam

- Object description
Enligt generalkatalogen: "Träkam, en bit med en votivgåva i papper, fäst med rött och gult garn, enl. uppgift, offergåva."
Kammen har en viktig betydelse hos gonderna: "In the intimate life of chelik (pojkar) and motiari (flickor) the comb plays a most important part. It is used every night by the mortiari when they tidy the hair of the boys. In many places it is one of the most popular forms of personal adornment. Both boys and girls wear it but it is essentially a girl's possession and a girl's decoration." (ref Elwin, 1968, sid 76.)

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