Comb of separate sharp-pointed teeth of wood fastened together with a lashed on cross bar and coated with gum to form solid part above the teeth, with projecting piece as handle. Ornamented with grass strips and beads. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 17/12/2004]

Collection type: Object
Description: Comb of separate sharp-pointed teeth of wood fastened together with a lashed on cross bar and coated with gum to form solid part above the teeth, with projecting piece as handle. Ornamented with grass strips and beads. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 17/12/2004]
Geographical reference: Solomon Islands
Oceania > Melanesia > Solomon Islands; Malaita
Person: Field collector Robert Henry Codrington; Field collector Melanesian Mission; PRM source Robert Henry Codrington
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1888
Date collected: By 1888
Acquisition information: Donated: 1920
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Resin Plant, Material Glass, Material Bead, Material Grass Fibre Plant, Material Plant Leaf, Process Bound, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Length: max 261 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1920.100.338
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Letter from Codrington to Balfour, dated 13 July 1916 giving information regarding objects from San Cristoval, the Torres Islands and the Banks Islands, as well as plans for setting up a Museum at his former school. [See file for full text.] [MOB 15/11/2001]

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