Comb with handle decorated with woven strips of plant fibre and a painted band of red pigment [L.Ph 7/1/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Comb with handle decorated with woven strips of plant fibre and a painted band of red pigment [L.Ph 7/1/2005]
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 1920
Date collected: By 1920
Acquisition information: Donated: 1920, uncertain Found unentered: 2005
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre, Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Woven, Process Painted
Dimensions: Length: max 230 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1920.100.455
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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