Comb with red and yellow grass work decoration. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/10/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Comb with red and yellow grass work decoration. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/10/2005]
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 Palm Wood Plant, Material Grass Fibre Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Woven, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Width: max 58 mm, Length: max 182 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1920.100.346
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]
Associated publications: Published (with 1884.71.51, 1908.18.11, 1928.69.822, 1894.18.3, 1892.67.7, 1920.86.3) as a PRM postcard; caption (on reverse) reads 'Selection of combs of various materials...'. [JC 8 10 2004]