Context (CMS Context)
Sketch on reverse side of the catalogue card.(Bio) Dr.L.Cobbet, noted as the late Dr Cobbet in the Annual Report
Event Date 25/1/2008
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Comb of plain dark wood. At top is a plaited fibre design in a yellow and brown. All straight lines. The teeth are fastened to the main comb with stout native fibre. The back of the top is stained with turmeric.[added later] 31 teeth (+ one missing)'.
Event Date 25/1/2008
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
From Dr Louis Cobbett, an English pathologist and University Lecturer in Bacteriology, 1907-1929.

The 1946-7 Annual report notes 'Cobbett, the late Dr L.: Large collection of archaeological and ethnological objects, mostly from Oceania and Africa, but including pottery vessels from Peru and Mexico'.

The register notes 'Cobbett Coll.' for 1947.270-275; 1947.279-301; 1947.407-8 and 'Cobbett bequest' for 1947.476- 485; 1947.620-625; 1947.638.
However, 1947.5- 18 is recorded as 'd.d. [donated] Dr L. Cobbett' suggesting some of the collection may have been gifted before his death in March 1947.

Records have been annotated to follow the details given in the register but the exact timing and status of the donation and whether it was gifted or bequested is not fully clear.
Event Date 23/10/2020
Author: rachel hand