comb
- Museum number
- Oc.1944
- Description
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Comb made of a midrib of the coconut leaf; fibre (coconut).
- Dimensions
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Height: 30 centimetres
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Width: 3.50 centimetres
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Depth: 0.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Tied-on handwritten label:
Comb / made of the midrib / of the Cocoa-nut leaf / from the /Samoan Islands
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Original registration slip:
Samoa.
Comb, made of the midrib of the coca-nut leaf fastened together with two narrow bands of cocoanut fibre at the upper end every second tooth is cut shorter by an 1 1/4" than the others.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1866
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.1944
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1866C1.1944 (old CDMS no.)