Description (CMS Description)
Thin comb of light wood, with a tapering handle and 12 prongs (3 broken). The handle is loosely bound with a twisted cord and decorated at the top with four small brown seeds. The upper part of the comb is bound with thin strip of rattan like plant leaf, in natural colour and dyed black.
Event Date 21/5/2015
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Comb' [added later:] 'Plain wood. 12 teeth (2 broken). Top half is bound with black and natural colour cord. The top has 4 beads attached'.
Event Date 21/5/2015
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
The additional number recorded with this object (O.III) is an old classification system devised by Anatole von Hügel. 'O' stands for Oceania and the Roman numeral applies to a geographical area of the Pacific. Attempts to reconstruct Von Hügel's classification system have been made by Sarah Jane Harknett and Lucie Carreau. 'O.III' is not usually given to objects from the Solomon Islands - it seems to be mainly associated to objects from New Guinea. This may indicate that the classification of this object as from the Solomon Islands probably occurred when this object was Z-ed and may not be correct.
Event Date 13/10/2017
Author: Lucie Carreau