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Object Number
80-21-60/22425
Display Title
Comb, crescent shape, tortoise shell, painted gold with landscape scene
Descriptions
Object Description
Lacquer comb. Carved tortoise shell with a semi-circular shaped, decorated on the handle area with gold laquer of scenes of a figure carrying a basket standing next to a shrub on one side and a moonlit landscape on the other side.
Inventory Description
Comb, crescent shape, tortoise shell, painted gold with landscape scene
Classification
- Comb
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca.1840
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Japan
Dimensions
Overall: 10 x 3 x 0.6 cm (3 15/16 x 1 3/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
22.425; 68
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Edward Sylvester Morse
(1879 - 1880)
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