Comb
Artist:
Solomon Islands
Date: 1892-93
Medium: Coconut midribs, plant fiber
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Bequest of Carrie Ormsbee
Object number: 1936.67.18
DescriptionCoconut midribs, blackened. handle covered with very fine geometric pattern woven of straw-colored fiber. Central section decorated with red and straw-colored weaving. Top, center and bottom of handle held together by brown woven fiber. Two short prongs at end of handle. 22 teeth.
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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