Comb

Museum number:
2-4239
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004239
Alternate number:
x-385 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Double comb, ivory (darkened); two rows of multiple teeth, several damaged; incised X and three circles on top surface.
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 (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
toilet article
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6.9 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4239, described as Double comb, ivory (darkened); two rows of multiple teeth, several damaged; incised X and three circles on top surface.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4239, described as Double comb, ivory (darkened); two rows of multiple teeth, several damaged; incised X and three circles on top surface.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4239, described as Double comb, ivory (darkened); two rows of multiple teeth, several damaged; incised X and three circles on top surface.

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