Comb
This kaga gwaroa doe, or big patterned comb, is larger than other combs produced in this region. This was a man’s ornament, although in Lao and perhaps elsewhere a maiden would wear it as part of her wedding ornaments. Combs of this general type are characteristic of Malaita, the larger curved ones especially of north Malaita. The red vine-strip is a coconut-frond cuticle stained with Indian Mulberry (Morinda), the yellow is orchid stem.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 31/1926/2
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Personal ornament
- Collection Area Region
- MELAN
- Material
- woodhardwoodfibre
- Common Name
- comb
- Simple Name
- comb
- Production Town
- Malaita
- Production Country
- Solomon Islands
- Production Date
- 20th century
- Production Year High
- pre 1926
