Description (CMS Description)
Thin comb of light wood (possibly palm wood?), with a tapering handle and 4 prongs. The top of the handle is decorated with lengths of red coloured European cloth. A piece of twisted cord bound at the base of the prongs and then sewn around them.
Event Date 21/5/2015
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Comb' [added later:] 'Long and narrow. Plain brown wood. Bound at the top of the teeth with cord. Cord tied to the top with red fibre like tassels. 4 teeth'.
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