comb
- Museum number
- Oc1986,02.88
- Description
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Comb made of slivers of wood held together at the top and by a horizontal band of black fibre binding near the middle. There are decorative bindings of black fibre in the area between these. The prongs are cut to form a curved top and splay out towards the lower end.
- Production date
- 19thC (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 20 centimetres
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Width: 5 centimetres
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Depth: 0.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Comb numbered Oc1986,02.22 has a tied on handwritten label which almost certaiinly also relates to this comb:
Men's back combs / Fiji Islands / Revd Robt. Young
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1986
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1986,02.88
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 260c (no. on collection master list)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1986,02.22a-f (Previous group record)