Description (CMS Description)
Thin comb of dark wood, with a tapering handle and 4 independent prongs bound with vegetable fibre at the top. One prong much shorter than the others.
Event Date 21/5/2015
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Comb'.
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