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Comb

MOA: University of British Columbia

3092/24

Comb made of flexible wood which is split vertically near the end to form the prongs which are held apart by string binding. The top of the handle is carved in a decorative pattern, and then extends outwards in a triangular shape. The rest of the handle is bound in dark string which is woven between the prongs, covering a portion of every other one in a pattern.

  • 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 0.2 cm, width 4.5 cm, depth 31.0 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 3092/0024

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