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Object Number 99-12-50/53250
Display Title Wooden comb
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carven wooden comb, double sided, small and large teeth, incised.
Classification
  • Comb
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa?
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 7.4 x 0.8 cm (4 1/4 x 2 15/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-50/53250
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner David Kimball (1899)
Owner Peale Museum (1794?)
Donor David Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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