Comb

Museum number:
2-4232
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004232
Alternate number:
x-378 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle. 11 teeth.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (textile working equipment)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
as 2-4228
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 14.7 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson Pl. XLVIII and p. 111.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #84: Mt. Diablo Unified School District/William Gripp (June 21, 1962–July 27, 1962)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4232, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle. 11 teeth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4232, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle. 11 teeth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4232, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle. 11 teeth.

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