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Object Number
88-51-10/50360
Display Title
Ivory toilet comb
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Comb, carved ivory, circular perforation teeth broken
Classification
- Comb
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms
Point Barrow
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 5.6 x 4.1 x 0.6 cm (2 3/16 x 1 5/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50360 & [89385] & [1242] & Ooglaamie\P.H. Ray, U.S.A. 1883
Provenance
Collector
Lt. P. H. Ray
(1883)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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