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Selu la'au (wooden comb)

Selu la'au (wooden comb)
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Selu la'au (wooden comb)
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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Te Papa Collections Online
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Selu la’au or selu pau as they are commonly known, are carved wooden combs made in Samoa. They were very popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and were worn in the hair for ornamental purposes. Manufacture Artisans carved them using a fretwork technique requiring the cutting of holes into the piece of thin wood to create intricate patterns. They were made from wood of a variety of tree species including pau (Manikara hoshinoi), manapau (Mammea odorata), toi (Alphitonia zizyphoides), toa...

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Date created
Gifted: 1953
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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/171449
Related subjects
Combs / Clothing & dress / wood / combs / Polynesian / Oceanic / woodcarving / Sāmoan / Savai'i

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