Description (CMS Description)
One of 9 combs, ornamented.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2782 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Combs, ornamental for the hair, 9 in number, a to j, 8 von Hugel, 1 A. H. Gordon.' [stamped in blue ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875'. [added in blue pen:] 'Z 2782 (9) = 1891 42 (3). [added in pencil:] '1923-H 41, 42, 43, 44, 48, 46, 47; 1884. G 25; Brady 1891. Some OX 944. Not registered 1923.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '2/4'. [stamped in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 2'. A small round red sticker pasted on the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 2782. Combs, ornamental for the hair, 9 in number, a to j. 8 von Hugel, 1 A. H. Gordon. Showcase number 2.' [added in pencil:] '1923 H.41, 42, 43, 44, 48, 46, 47; 1884 G.25; Brady 1891. Not registered 1923. Some OX 944'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '2/4'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z 2782' inscribed in white ink on the third prong from the right. '1923.H42' inscribed in very faded white ink on the first prong from the right. A label attached to the middle pandanus tie reads [in black pen:] 'Z 2782' on one side and '1923 H 42' on the other.
Event Date 30/10/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Comb formed of 10 cylindrical prongs of tree-fern wood bound together with coir, the binding forming three diamond pattern on top of each other and terminates in a rectangle encompassing all the prongs. Three strips of pandanus leaf are tied to the top, middle and bottom of the bound area, The bottom strip is very worn and fragile. The prongs are sharp and of unequal lengths.
Event Date 30/10/2013
Author: maa