Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
Hair Ornament
P3376
From: Solomon Islands | Malaita
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
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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