Carved ivory, abalone, and copper comb

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Object Number 05-7-10/64536

Display Title Carved ivory, abalone, and copper comb

Descriptions

Inventory Description Carved ivory comb, impressed copper band, shell inlay, broken.

Classification

Raw Material
Comb

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Haida?
Tlingit?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America

Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast

Materials Ivory, Shell, Copper

Dimensions Overall: 9.2 x 8.4 x 2 cm (3 5/8 x 3 5/16 x 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 05-7-10/64536

Provenance

Collector Grace A. Nicholson (?)

Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1905)

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