Combs

Description
Three combs. 1.) A wooden one piece comb with inlaid decoration on the handle and a fret work design of five bird figures between the teeth and the handle. 2.) A comb with 17 palm wood teeth lashed together to form a comb and a layer of parinarium paste on the back. 3.) A comb with 22 teeth that has been shaped from a tree fern core and lashed with orchid vine fibre and dyed red coconut palm fibre.
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Object detail

Production place
Oceania/Melanesia/Solomon Islands
Classification
Adornment/Personal Artifacts
Clothing - Headwear/Clothing/Personal Artifacts
Credit line
Alexander Strang purchased these combs for three sticks of tobacco when he was living in the Solomon Islands in 1921.
Accession number
A82.955
Collection type
Ethnology
Social History
Material
Wood
Bamboo
Plant Fibre

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