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Comb
Object Number 95-20-10/48393
Display Title Comb
Descriptions
Object Description Comb
Inventory Description Carved wooden comb, double sided, zoomorphic figures in center.
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Date 1818
Culture
  • Salish
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Additional Geographic Terms Vancouver Island, Southern; Fraser River, Lower
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 21.59 x 5.08 x 1.91 cm (8 1/2 x 2 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 95-20-10/48393
Credit Line Gift of the American Antiquarian Society, 1895
Provenance
Collector Roderick MacKenzie (Prior to 1819)
Donor American Antiquarian Society (1895)

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