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Object Number 29-19-10/98447
Display Title Wooden combs
Descriptions
Inventory Description Combs, carved wood, band and 2 ridges at top, curved body
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Artist John Hill Driver
Culture
  • Cherokee
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Carolina / Swain County
North America / United States / North Carolina / Jackson County
Additional Geographic Terms Cherokee Reservation; Big Cove Community
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 8.3 x 1.3 x 7.3 cm (3 1/4 x 1/2 x 2 7/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 98447
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1929 - 1929)

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