Accession No
Z 6739
Description
Comb - [From catalogue card:] 'Comb with clam shell bead ornaments' [and added later:] 'light coloured wood, with pattern on central portion. 12 teeth. Blue and white cloth on the end of beads'.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon islands
Period
Source
von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 6739
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Plant; Fibre; Glass; Bead; Cloth
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Comb of light wood, 12 teeth. Long projecting 'handle' terminating in a small knob and decorated with glass beads: 4 white and 3 blue. The lower part of the handle is bound with vegetable fibre and decorated with two tassels of white beads and a few blue beads, each tassel terminating in a pendant of floral patterned cloth, blue and white. The central part of the comb is carved with 3 lines of vertical zigzags on the front.
Event Date 14/5/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Comb with clam shell bead ornaments' [and added later:] 'light coloured wood, with pattern on central portion. 12 teeth. Blue and white cloth on the end of beads'.
Event Date 14/5/2015
Author: maa
FM:268218
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