Comb
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: COMBS MADE FROM THE MIDRIBS OF PALM LEAVES ARE BOUND TOGETHER BY A SINGLE STRAND OF VEGETABLE FIBER TO FORM A VARIETY OF DESIGNS. THE COMBS HAVE 19 TO 25 TEETH. OLD 1880'S-1890'S LABEL READS, "COMBS (5) MADE OF STEMS OR MIDRIBS OF COCOA-NUT LEAVES, BOUND SIDE BY SIDE TO FORM FROM 18 TO 25 POINTED TEETH. THE CORD OF VEGETABLE FIBER WHICH BINDS THEM IS INTERWOVEN IN FANCIFUL DESIGNS..." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MADE OF STEMS OR MIDRIBS OF COCOA-NUT LEAVES, BOUND SIDE BY SIDE TO FORM FROM 18 TO 25 POINTED TEETH. THE CORD OF VEGETABLE FIBER WHICH BINDS THEM IS INTERWOVEN IN FANCIFUL DESIGNS. *SAMOA COMB, 6 1/4" LONG, 1 3/8" WIDE AT BASE, 1 3/4" WIDE AT POINTS. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41). LOANED TO BISHOP MUSEUM 1/23/78. (3560). RETURNED FROM BISHOP MUSEUM 2/15/78."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies this object as from Tonga, though Kenneth P. Emory identified Peale # 955 as Samoan.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Sep 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tongatapu Group, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3560-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Comb
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 16 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 16.8 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: 5 cm