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Comb

MOA: University of British Columbia

3092/22

Comb made of flexible wood which is split vertically near the end to form the eleven prongs which are held apart by the binding. The handle is rectangular in shape which tapers into a thin strip of wood, curves upwards to end in a point. The other end of the rectangle flares out into the prongs of the comb. Where the handle and prongs meet is a band of braided string wrapped around the handle.

  • Narrative

    From the collection of Sister Twyford or Miss J. Pearce (Australia), who had served as missionaries in the Trobriand Islands in the 1920s and Dobu Island in the 1930s.

  • Type of Item comb
  • Culture Trobriand
  • Material wood, plant fibre
  • Measurements height 6.8 cm, width 6.2 cm, depth 55.5 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Ingeborg Marshall
  • Received from Ingeborg Marshall
  • Made in Kiriwina Islands
  • Creation Date before 1940
  • Collection Date between 1920 and 1940
  • Ownership Date before November 18, 2014
  • Acquisition Date on November 18, 2014
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3092/0022

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