Hair comb

Museum number:
3-28362
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Accession number:
Acc.3484
Description:
Comb; ornamental "manitlla" comb; plastic imitation of tortoise shell; openwork floral designs; 2 birds facing each other in center; 5 teeth; L 26.3 cm.
Donor:
Lesley Byrd Simpson
Collection place:
Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Unspecified
Collector:
Lesley Byrd Simpson and Marian Lorraine Hahn Simpson
Collection date:
1949-1979
Materials:
Plastic (organic material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Context of use:
Worn with "mantilla" for fancy dress
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 26.3 centimeters
Comment:
H-18-9
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hair comb, accession number 3-28362, described as Comb; ornamental "manitlla" comb; plastic imitation of tortoise shell; openwork floral designs; 2 birds facing each other in center; 5 teeth; L 26.3 cm.

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