1654 Old Tanimbar Comb - Not for sale

Antique Tanimbar Comb made of fossil?

Note the man and the birds. Note also the earrings & the necklace worn by the man.

 7.7 x 19cm approximately

Museum Examples:

The British Museum

A Japanese Soldier's Ethnography of Molu Island (1944-45)

* Last two pictures from the internet