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Object Number
67-10-10/266
Display Title
Comb made of bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved ivory comb, rectangular handle with zoomorphic head, tip broken.
Classification
- Comb
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1794
Culture
- Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms
Northwest Coast
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 12.7 x 3.18 x 1.27 cm (5 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Capt. James Magee
(1794)
Donor
Massachusetts Historical Society
(1867)
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