Elaborate carved wooden comb. Exhibited 1978 Settlement of Polynesia.
Donor:
William A. Setchell
Collection place:
Samoa
Culture or time period:
Samoan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1922
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown), S1963-1964 #41: Department of Home Economics (UC Davis) (November 14, 1963–January 7, 1964), S1966-1967 #73: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Lucretia Nelson (February 20, 1967–March 9, 1967), S1967-1968 #135: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Lucretia Nelson (May 10, 1968–June 19, 1968), and S1970-1971 #5: Dallas Museum of Art (August 20, 1970–December 18, 1970)