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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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