Comb (Hair - grooming tool)

Hair Ornament

P3376

From: Solomon Islands | Malaita

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P3376
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Solomon Islands | Malaita
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Plant Fiber
Description

Twelve wooden prongs, two broken off. Bound with woven plant fiber, one section of which is red and yellow in a chevron pattern (part missing). Held together with windings of (non-original) string. Used to comb hair, but also worn by men stuck into the hair as an ornament on special occasions.

Length 23.5 cm
Width 4.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1913
Other Number 1676 - Other Number

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