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Object Number
15-36-10/86389
Display Title
Pubescent's comb consisting of four bone teeth . Top part enclosed in buckskin
Descriptions
Object Description
Pubescent's comb consisting of four teeth of bone. Top part enclosed in buckskin; stained with red ochre.
Inventory Description
Comb, worked bone teeth, hollow and pointed, wrapped at one end with leather
Classification
- Comb
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1915
Culture
- Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
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British Columbia
Materials
Bone Leather Ochre
Dimensions
Overall: 8.8 x 3.3 x 2 cm (3 7/16 x 1 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
86389
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Collector
James A. Teit
(? - 1915)
Seller
James A. Teit
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