A rectangular comb with teeth about half the length of the whole. Five teeth are extant, a sixth, middle tooth, has broken off. The other end is slightly thicker with a narrow ridge between it and the main body and narrows to a broad, rounded tip. (A few strands of short, curly hair remain in the...

Concave bamboo comb with ten long teeth and rounded edges on the handle. On the outside a shallow ridge marks the handle, which is a tan colour, and the teeth which are a darker, ruddy-brown, having had the outer layer of the bamboo shaved off. The inner layers have also been shaved off of the te...

A rectangular comb with eight teeth about half of its length. The roughly carved shaft has rounded edges. A few short, curly hairs remain at the base of a few teeth.

Necklace of animal teeth. 87 teeth are tied adjacently to a braid of bast string, of approximately 70cm circumference, through small, round holes drilled through each tooth. The teeth range from 13mm to 33mm from base to tip, and range in colour from yellow-browns through to dark browns with ivor...

Ornament made of a black cassowary feather quill that is bent into a rounded triangular shape with one end inserted into the other. A white ring of plastic? surrounds the join.

Cassowary quill ornament. The ornament is roughly circular with the pointed end of the quill inserted into the thick end. A white ring of plastic? surrounds the join.

A darkened armband of woven rattan fibre has a large tassel attached to a short braided rope of bast strings. The tassel consists of bees wax, coix seeds, black cassowary feathers, larger bronze-coloured feathers and long strips of rattan fibre.

Oval armband of woven rattan fibre. Pigment has been added to the outside creating darker patches, variations in colouring and a slight sheen.

Armband. Elongated oval band of woven rattan fibre. Pigment has been added to the outside leaving an accent between ridges.

Oval band of woven rattan fibre. One side is slightly broader than the other.