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Comb
Object Number 88-51-10/50136
Display Title Comb
Descriptions
Object Description Comb
Inventory Description Comb, carved wood handle, perforated design, carved ivory teeth, 1 missing
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Kuigpagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Yukon River
Materials Wood, Ivory, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 14.3 x 5 x 1.4 cm (5 5/8 x 1 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50136, 1722, [38295], A:8224, Yukon
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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