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Object Number
990-6-30/11568
Display Title
Double sided wooden comb with white and purple cotton thread interwoven
Descriptions
Object Description
Double sided wooden comb with white and purple cotton thread interwoven into a geometric motif.
Inventory Description
Comb, wood, double sided, tines hafted to handle with thread in geo. design
Classification
- Comb
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
Materials
Wood, Cotton thread
Dimensions
Overall: 13.4 x 5.5 x 1 cm (5 1/4 x 2 3/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
990-6-30/11568
Provenance
Collector
Eliza Thurston Butts
(ca. 1890)
Donor
Ellen Frothingham Dunnell
(June 12, 1990)
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