Description (CMS Description)
Hair comb from coconut leaf midribs.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 32169 Melanesia. Fiji? Tonga? Comb. Made from midribs of coconut leaf decorated with black and tan fibre. P.T.O. illustration overleaf. A. H. G. XIII.36. Clue to Prov. See Vol I p87 Edge Partington.' A small round red sticker pasted on the front of the card. A line drawing of the object in pen on the back of the card.
Event Date 24/2/1987
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
iSerusasa are ornamental Tongan combs made from coconut leaflet midribs, lashed together with coir. They were favoured chiefly hair ornaments in Fiji. The large ones tended to be worn projecting upright at the back of the head' (Clunie, Fergus. 1986. Yalo i Viti. Suva: Fiji Museum. See object no. 80, 81 and 83).
Event Date 29/10/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: A small round label with metal rim attached to the com reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 32169'. A small rectangular cream label with decorative blue border reads [handwritten in brown ink:] 'A. H. G. XIII.36'. A small rectangular label pasted under the decorative label.
Event Date 29/10/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Comb formed of 25 length of sasa (midrib of coconut leaf) bound together with a tight lashing of coir. The black-dyed lashing at the top of the handle forms a triangle. The handle is decorated with lashings of black-dyed coir forming geometrical design. The transition between the handle and the prongs is lashed with natural and black dyed coir forming a cross-hatching pattern. The prongs are of almost equal length and slightly fan out from the lashing. One side of the comb is much darker than the other (stained?).
Event Date 29/10/2013
Author: maa