Object name: Comb / Collector: unknown / Culture or time period: Alaskan Eskimo - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4230, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with knob at top, longitudinal triangular groove with red stain on both sides of handle. Tufts of blond animal (seal?) hair on handle. 5 teeth, several missing. Fishskin thong at top of handle. Antler.

Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4241, described as Ivory hair comb, large and elaborately carved; dark brown and eroded ivory; handle: fish and wlrus, each with incised concentric circles; comb part has cross-hatching and incised concentric circles; all teeth broken off at base.