Comb

Museum number:
2-4233
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004233
Alternate number:
x-379 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Hair comb; caribou antler; multiple teeth; two incised and darkened four-footed animals on top surface; large hole at handle end.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Malemiut Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
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
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 13.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Comb, accession number 2-4233, described as Hair comb; caribou antler; multiple teeth; two incised and darkened four-footed animals on top surface; large hole at handle end.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Comb, accession number 2-4233, described as Hair comb; caribou antler; multiple teeth; two incised and darkened four-footed animals on top surface; large hole at handle end.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Comb, accession number 2-4233, described as Hair comb; caribou antler; multiple teeth; two incised and darkened four-footed animals on top surface; large hole at handle end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4233, described as Hair comb; caribou antler; multiple teeth; two incised and darkened four-footed animals on top surface; large hole at handle end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4233, described as Hair comb; caribou antler; multiple teeth; two incised and darkened four-footed animals on top surface; large hole at handle end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4233, described as Hair comb; caribou antler; multiple teeth; two incised and darkened four-footed animals on top surface; large hole at handle end.

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