Comb, of wood and coconut fibre, from Tonga; part of the Forster collection (part of Forster 97; 1886.1.1557)

Comb with twenty teeth (originally twenty-one) made from coconut leaflet midribs secured with woven coconut fibre in light and dark brown, which has been woven between the teeth at the top of the comb in a pattern of triangles. The teeth have been trimmed to form a shallow point at the tip of the comb

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