Combs
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Totten
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 13 TO 15 TEETH. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAGS 946, 953, 954. 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 13 TO 15 POINTED TEETH. THE CORD OF VEGETABLE FIBER WHICH BINDS THEM IS INTERWOVEN IN FANCIFUL DESIGNS..." FIELD #: 946, 951, 953, 954, 955.; W. 4, 5.5, 5, 4.8, 4.4 CM.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "15 MID RIBS. HUMAN HAIR AND SENNIT LASHING. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41)."
label: Notes
content: Illustrated Fig. 17.3, p. 263 and discussed p. 262 in Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2019. "A Kato Mosi Kaka and other Treasures from Tonga from the US Exploring Expedition." In Collecting and Provenance: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach. Milosch, Jane and Pearce, Nick, editors. 257–268. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. Identified as helu.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Sep 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
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: E3562-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Comb
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14.7 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 18.3 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 17 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 16.7 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 17.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.8 cm