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1924.58.30

Carved comb of thin wood. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 16/12/2004]

1924.58.30

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Collection type
Object
Description
Carved comb of thin wood. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 16/12/2004]
Geographical reference
Samoa
Oceania > Polynesia > Samoa
Person
Field collector George Brown
PRM source Trustees of the Bowes Museum
PRM source Bowes Museum
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1908
Date collected
By 1908
Acquisition information
Exchanged: 1924
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 260 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1924.58.30
Research and responses

The Reverend George Brown retired from the missionary service in 1908, so it may be assumed with fair certainty that all the items in his collection were obtained by then. No doubt it would be possible to establish more exact dates of collection for individual objects from the primary and secondary literature relating to him and his collection (see entry on Biographies database for more information). [JC 23 3 2001]

Search terms: Toilet, Ornament, Comb, Hair Ornament, Toilet Article

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