Comb

Museum number:
2-9393
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
P. 20 ? (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.371
Description:
Fine toothed hair comb of walrus ivory, engraved; multiple teeth; minor damage to top and one side; incised band above teeth with three repeats of vertical line crossed by a V.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cape Prince of Wales, Coast of Bering Strait, Bering Strait
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Strait; Cape Prince of Wales
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
H. H. Cushing and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
ca. 1901
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
May 1909
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 5.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-9393, described as Fine toothed hair comb of walrus ivory, engraved; multiple teeth; minor damage to top and one side; incised band above teeth with three repeats of vertical line crossed by a V.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-9393, described as Fine toothed hair comb of walrus ivory, engraved; multiple teeth; minor damage to top and one side; incised band above teeth with three repeats of vertical line crossed by a V.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-9393, described as Fine toothed hair comb of walrus ivory, engraved; multiple teeth; minor damage to top and one side; incised band above teeth with three repeats of vertical line crossed by a V.

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