Hairbrush

Museum number:
2-5230
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
39 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.131 and Acc.52
Description:
Made of spear grass bound with buckskin.
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Central Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Central Plains
Culture or time period:
Umoⁿhoⁿ
Collector:
Francis La Flesche
Collection date:
1901-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1904 and September 8, 1902
Context of use:
Used by both men and women to keep hair smooth.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 10 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "mikahe". References: P. 350; fig. 72; A.E. Vol. 27, "The Omaha Tribe", Fletcher & LaFlesche. Used by both men and women to keep hair smooth.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Hairbrush, accession number 2-5230, described as Made of spear grass bound with buckskin.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Hairbrush, accession number 2-5230, described as Made of spear grass bound with buckskin.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hairbrush, accession number 2-5230, described as Made of spear grass bound with buckskin.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hairbrush, accession number 2-5230, described as Made of spear grass bound with buckskin.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hairbrush, accession number 2-5230, described as Made of spear grass bound with buckskin.

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