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Object Number 88-51-10/50137
Display Title Comb
Descriptions
Inventory Description Comb, carved wood handle with hair deco. painted and ivory teeth
Classification
  • Shaft, modified
  • Raw Material
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Kuigpagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Yukon River
Materials Wood, Hair, Ivory, Paint
Dimensions Overall: 27.8 x 5.5 x 1.9 cm (10 15/16 x 2 3/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50137 & 7256 & Yukon R./Nelson
Credit Line Exchange, Smithsonian Institution, 1888
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (?)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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