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Comb of horn
Object Number 67-10-10/265
Display Title Comb of horn
Descriptions
Inventory Description Comb, carved horn, teeth missing
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1794
Culture
  • Tlingit?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms Nootka Sound
Materials Horn
Dimensions Overall: 12.4 x 7.2 x 0.7 cm (4 7/8 x 2 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 265
Provenance
Collector Capt. James Magee (1791-1793 - 1794)
Donor Massachusetts Historical Society (1867)

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