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Pin comb
Ornamental combs were a popular Samoan hair decoration until the 20th century. Besides combs made of coconut leaf ribs, finely carved and individually patterned wooden combs were used. Text: Ulrich Menter
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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Object type
Pin comb
Dimensions
Länge: 40.5 cm, Breite: 5.9
cm
Material/Technique
Wood
carved
carved
Current location
Linden-Museum
Stuttgart
Inventory number
023345
Provenance and sources
when
around 1900
where
Samoa
when
1902
Provenance
The object is
part of an extensive donation by Wilhelm Solf (1862-1936), who was a
colonial official in Sāmoa from 1898 and was governor of the colony of
German Samoa from 1900 to 1910. The exact circumstances of the
acquisition by Solf are not yet known. Text: Ulrich
Menter
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