Grass comb

Museum number:
2-4226
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
Neumann 511 (original number, Second Orig. No.: Neumann 511) and x-372 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with knob at distal end. Three teeth (three missing). Made from wood, red pigment, antler.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Akulemiut Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Ivory (material) and Wood (plant material) (wood (red))
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Under remarks: "Instrument for combing seaweed" (from Neumann's catalogue). To make grass thread.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 13.3 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson Pl. XLVIII and p. 111.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Grass comb, accession number 2-4226, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with knob at distal end. Three teeth (three missing). Made from wood, red pigment, antler.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Grass comb, accession number 2-4226, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with knob at distal end. Three teeth (three missing). Made from wood, red pigment, antler.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Grass comb, accession number 2-4226, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with knob at distal end. Three teeth (three missing). Made from wood, red pigment, antler.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Grass comb, accession number 2-4226, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with knob at distal end. Three teeth (three missing). Made from wood, red pigment, antler.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Grass comb, accession number 2-4226, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with knob at distal end. Three teeth (three missing). Made from wood, red pigment, antler.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Grass comb, accession number 2-4226, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with knob at distal end. Three teeth (three missing). Made from wood, red pigment, antler.

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