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Pin comb
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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
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
023345

Provenance and sources

when
around 1900

where
Samoa
who
Solf, Wilhelm Heinrich - Collectors

when
1902
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
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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