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1921.93.132

Comb of wood with long projection on the top, inlaid with pearl shell and with a red palm leaf tuft round the middle. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 16/12/2004]

1921.93.132

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Collection type
Object
Description
Comb of wood with long projection on the top, inlaid with pearl shell and with a red palm leaf tuft round the middle. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 16/12/2004]
Geographical reference
Solomon Islands
Oceania > Melanesia > Solomon Islands
San Cristobal
Person
Field collector Charles Frederick Wood
PRM source Edith Lucy Wake Wood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1873
Date collected
August 1870 - September 1873
Acquisition information
Donated: 1921
Materials and processes
Material Palm Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material Pearl Shell, Process Inlaid, Process Dyed, Process Plaited, Process Bound
Dimensions
Length: max 340 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1921.93.132

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