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This comb from the Solomon Islands is made from wood, ornamented
with red and yellow grasswork. In the Solomon Islands, a lot of
attention was paid to decorating the head. Combs were usually worn
as ornaments rather than for untangling hair. Combs like this one
were worn, decorated with red streamers, by young men on their first
expedition to catch bonito fish. This comb was collected between
1870 and 1873.
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1921.93.129
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