Comb or hair ornament of 13 separate wooden teeth, some of them decorated with zig-zag pattern, converging at the top, with one wood splint sticking out at the top as a handle. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/2/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Comb or hair ornament of 13 separate wooden teeth, some of them decorated with zig-zag pattern, converging at the top, with one wood splint sticking out at the top as a handle. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/2/2006]
Geographical reference: Solomon Islands
Oceania > Melanesia > Solomon Islands; Unknown
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1878
Date collected: ?Prior to 1878
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 335 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.71.31 PR Cat other PR nos: 3354

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