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Ivory hair comb
Object Number 15-23-10/86072
Display Title Ivory hair comb
Descriptions
Inventory Description Comb, carved ivory, perforated, 3 tines broken
Classification
  • Comb
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Asiatic Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / St. Lawrence Island / Old Hut Site
Additional Geographic Terms St. Lawrence Island
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 15.9 x 5.3 x 0.9 cm (6 1/4 x 2 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86072
Provenance
Provenance Dunbar Lockwood (1913-1914)

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