Comb

Museum number:
2-1521
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with traces red pigment, cutout curvilinear design, 8 teeth. Made of wood, red pigment, antler.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
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 15 centimeters
Comment:
References: See Nelson Pl. XLVIII and p. 111.
Loans:
S1962-1963 #61: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (June 24, 1963–June 24, 1963)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-1521, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with traces red pigment, cutout curvilinear design, 8 teeth. Made of wood, red pigment, antler.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-1521, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with traces red pigment, cutout curvilinear design, 8 teeth. Made of wood, red pigment, antler.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-1521, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with traces red pigment, cutout curvilinear design, 8 teeth. Made of wood, red pigment, antler.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-1521, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with traces red pigment, cutout curvilinear design, 8 teeth. Made of wood, red pigment, antler.

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