Comb

Description

Comb with fourteen teeth of turtleshell bound together with strips of vegetable fibre, the handle ornamented on one side with geometric patterns in yellow fern tissue: Melanesian, Solomon Islands

Museum reference

A.1924.858

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Comb

Production information

Solomon Islands, Melanesia

Materials

Turtle-shell, Vegetable fibre

Physical description

Teeth of strips of turtleshell bound together with strips of vegetable fibre; handle ornamented on one side with geometric patterns in yellow fern tissue

Exhibitions

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

On display

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world cultures, facing the sea »
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