Comb

Museum number:
2-1577
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Hair comb; "fossil" mammoth ivory; multiple teeth; taper towards handle.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Materials:
Mammoth ivory
Taxon:
Mammuthus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 8.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-1577, described as Hair comb; "fossil" mammoth ivory; multiple teeth; taper towards handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-1577, described as Hair comb; "fossil" mammoth ivory; multiple teeth; taper towards handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-1577, described as Hair comb; "fossil" mammoth ivory; multiple teeth; taper towards handle.

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