Comb
As the head is considered the most tapu or sacred part of the body, head ornaments were important. Hair styles were diverse with bleached and shaved hair being common for women and long hair being common for men. This comb or helu could be worn in different ways on a man’s head.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 16/1996/2
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Personal ornament
- Collection Area Region
- POLYN
- Material
- coconut leavessennit
- Common Name
- comb
- Simple Name
- comb
- Production Country
- Tonga
- Production Year High
- pre 1996
