Comb

Museum number:
2-4237
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-383 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Hair comb, hollow segment of bone; multiple teeth; incised and darkened encircling bands and dots.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
U.C. Col.? #31
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
to make thread.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 8.2 centimeters
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4237, described as Hair comb, hollow segment of bone; multiple teeth; incised and darkened encircling bands and dots.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4237, described as Hair comb, hollow segment of bone; multiple teeth; incised and darkened encircling bands and dots.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4237, described as Hair comb, hollow segment of bone; multiple teeth; incised and darkened encircling bands and dots.

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