Black Wood Comb
Unidentified maker (Solomon Islands)
1943
Wood
Overall: 8 1/4 × 4 1/2 × 3/8 in. (21 × 11.5 × 1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Richard Jaquith Fowle, Class of 1934
172.1.25282
Geography
Place Made: Malaita Island, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Obtained from District Administrative Officer for the Malaita District of the Solomons on Guadalcanal, November 1943 by Lieutenant Colonel Richard Jaquith Fowle (1912-1972, Class of 1934), [during his service in World War II] Thetford, Vermont; given to present collection, 1972.
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