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Wooden splint comb. The splints are secured by basketry and wood, and there is nautilus shell inlay set in parinarium nut resin, with basketry at the base with a cord attachment.
Comb ornament of separate sticks bound with fibre and consolidated with putty, blackened and inlaid with pearlshell. Combs of this type are characteristic of southeast Solomon Islands, particularly Makira and Ulawa but also south Malaita, see Burt, Akin and Kaw’ioloa, 2009, 71.
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
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