Combs
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 11 TO 15 TEETH. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAGS 949, 952, 953. OLD 1880'S-1890'S LABEL READS, "COMBS (4) MADE OF STEMS OR MIDRIBS OF COCOA-NUT LEAVES, BOUND SIDE BY SIDE TO FORM FROM 11 TO 15 POINTED TEETH. THE CORD FOR BINDING IS OF VEGETABLE FIBER AND IS INTERWOVEN IN FANCIFUL DESIGNS..." FIELD #: 947, 949, 952, 953.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Tongatapu Group, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3561-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Comb
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 15.6 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 16.7 cm
label: Length - W
content: 13 cm