Lot Essay
Cf. Heermann, I. and Menter, U., Schmuck der Südsee, Ornament und Symbol, Munich, 1990, p.115, pl.60, for similar combs from Samoa
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SAMOA AND NINIGO
Details
Four wooden combs
Samoa and Ninigo
The first three of long thin form, the finials with pierced bands of motifs, the fourth with arched top and four bands of pierced zigzags
20cm. and 32cm. long (4)
Samoa and Ninigo
The first three of long thin form, the finials with pierced bands of motifs, the fourth with arched top and four bands of pierced zigzags
20cm. and 32cm. long (4)
Provenance
L. Bretshneider, Munich, for the first three