IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 207350 accession number: AF.13.2013 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Friday 18 December 2015 updated: Tuesday 10 October 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Aluminium hair comb decorated with severed ears. Representing the defeat of the British by the Maroon people. One of a series of 10 combs telling the strory of the Jamaican Maroons. The Maroons were a rebel group comprised of several West African tribes who escaped their captors on arrival in Jamaica. Together they fought the British for 80 years, using their knowledge of the Cockpit Mountain area and clever ambush techniques. After a final battle, led by the fearless Captain Cudjoe, the Maroons cut off the ears of the vanquished British soldiers and sent them to the British Governor. This final act forced the British to sign a peace treaty with the Maroons. On the 24th February 1738 the Accompong Maroons were granted an independent state within Jamaica, where they live to this day. Each comb is made from 3mm aluminium and weighs 46 grams. The surface is shaped and finished by hand to a high polish and then etched with a design on the handle. Finally, each comb is plated to cutlery grade with silver and detailed with 23 ct gold leaf and shellac-based ink. title: hair comb LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Antiquities STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/207350 TECHNIQUES ---------- mouldmade CATEGORIES ------ category: hair comb DATING ------ creation date: 2013 - 2013 creation date earliest: 2013 creation date latest: 2013 CREATORS -------- maker: Russell Newell DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 17.5