ETHNOGRAPHY : OCEANIA
- Object Name
- Comb
- Description
- The comb from East Kwaio, Malaita, Solomon Islands was made in 1987 by Arimae of Furii'au. The combs are called Faa and are made and worn purely as decoration in the hair above the ear and protruding above the eye. sometimes they hold magical objects which protect the wearer from sorcery. The materials used are the black core wood of tree ferns (Cyathea lunulata), yellow orchid vine (Gleichnia) and the skin of the coconut palm dyed red by boiling it in root scrappings from the Indian Mulberry tree (Morinda citriflora).
- Place Collected
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- Catalogue Number
- BELUM.C21.1988
- Notes
- National Museums NI
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