Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1909.30.84

Comb of separate teeth (possibly made of coconut leaf midrib), bound together with plant fibre. Two long stalks projecting from the top. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 3/2/2006]

1909.30.84

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Comb of separate teeth (possibly made of coconut leaf midrib), bound together with plant fibre. Two long stalks projecting from the top. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 3/2/2006]
Geographical reference
Samoa
Oceania > Polynesia > Samoa
Person
Field collector John Fiot Lee Pearse Maclear
Field collector HMS Challenger
Field collector HMS Alert
Field collector HMS Flying Fish
PRM source Julia Maclear
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1891
Date collected
1873 - 1876 [Challenger] and 1879 - 1891 [other surveying work]
Acquisition information
Donated: 1909
Materials and processes
Material Plant Fibre, Material Coconut Leaf Plant, Process Bound
Dimensions
Length: max 480 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1909.30.84

Search terms: Toilet, Ornament, Comb, Toilet Article, Hair Ornament

Further items to explore