Comb

Museum number:
2-4229
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-375 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Comb for seaweed (to make grass thread). Elongated wood handle circular at top. 3 teeth, several missing or partial only. Made of antler.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (textile working equipment)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
To make grass thread.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 14.7 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson Pl. XLVIII and p. 111.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4229, described as Comb for seaweed (to make grass thread). Elongated wood handle circular at top. 3 teeth, several missing or partial only. Made of antler.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4229, described as Comb for seaweed (to make grass thread). Elongated wood handle circular at top. 3 teeth, several missing or partial only. Made of antler.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4229, described as Comb for seaweed (to make grass thread). Elongated wood handle circular at top. 3 teeth, several missing or partial only. Made of antler.

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