Comb

Description

Comb made of strips of turtleshell with upper part interlaced with bands of red and yellow vegetable fibre: Melanesian, Solomon Islands

Museum reference

A.1902.48

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Comb

Production information

Solomon Islands, Melanesia

Materials

Turtle-shell, Vegetable fibre

Physical description

Strips of turtleshell with upper part interlaced with bands of red and yellow vegetable fibre

Exhibitions

• Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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