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SEVEN MELANESIAN COMBS
Two Hermit Islands combs, each with two heads to the finial; two Admiralty Islands combs with flared tines, the triangular resin finials with modelled ornament painted red, white and black; two Mathias Island combs, one with long rectangular finial painted white, the other with pierced rectangular finial with woven ornament, painted white, red and black; and another with five tines bound with rattan
6¾in. (17cm.) to 16½in. (42cm.) long (7)
Two Hermit Islands combs, each with two heads to the finial; two Admiralty Islands combs with flared tines, the triangular resin finials with modelled ornament painted red, white and black; two Mathias Island combs, one with long rectangular finial painted white, the other with pierced rectangular finial with woven ornament, painted white, red and black; and another with five tines bound with rattan
6¾in. (17cm.) to 16½in. (42cm.) long (7)