Comb 'helu'

Tonga

Price EUR 1,500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance

Provenance

Dag Malm (1923-2008), Södermanland, Sweden

Size

H: 23,4 cm

H: 9.2 inch

Description

coconut leaf midribs, coconut fibre,

High-ranking individuals in both Tonga and Fiji prized these combs and wore them as ornaments.

Kaeppler, Adrienne, Polynesia, Honolulu 2010, p. 243, ill. 138

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