They are from the nortwest coast Papuan New Guinea, one from the East
Sepik..Kambot village area and the other 2 might be from Madang town in
Madang province. I have to look up the design to be sure, but off the top
of my head that seems to be answer. Jackie (independent curator, former
Oceanic curator at the St. Louis Art Museum)


 10:52 AM 9/20/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Last friday I tried (unsuccessfully) to get input on these combs. I
>think they are from New Guinea. Can someone please confirm/add insight.
>A better image can be seen at http://www.uni.edu/museum/combs3.jpg
>
>TIA
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