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Heddle for weaving
Object Number 29-24-40/E3645
Display Title Heddle for weaving
Descriptions
Inventory Description Comb, carved bone, perforated slats of teeth nailed between end pieces
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sámi?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Sápmi
Europe / Norway
Materials Bone, Metal, String
Dimensions Overall: 24.2 x 12.3 x 1 cm (9 1/2 x 4 13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object Fwu / E / 3645; 1903
Provenance
Donor Dr. Lombard C. Jones (1929)

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