Comb

Museum number:
2-1520
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Alternate number:
2-1520 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with tufts of seal hair on knob at top, triangular cutout, incised cross-hatching and twine wrapping near base, 9 teeth. Made of wood, seal hair, antler.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (textile working equipment)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
To make grass thread.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 20.3 centimeters
Comment:
References: See Nelson Pl. XLVIII and p. 111. Second Orig. No.: 2-1510.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #84: Mt. Diablo Unified School District/William Gripp (June 21, 1962–July 27, 1962)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-1520, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with tufts of seal hair on knob at top, triangular cutout, incised cross-hatching and twine wrapping near base, 9 teeth. Made of wood, seal hair, antler.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-1520, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with tufts of seal hair on knob at top, triangular cutout, incised cross-hatching and twine wrapping near base, 9 teeth. Made of wood, seal hair, antler.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-1520, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with tufts of seal hair on knob at top, triangular cutout, incised cross-hatching and twine wrapping near base, 9 teeth. Made of wood, seal hair, antler.

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