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Object Number 99-12-60/53316
Display Title Comb
Descriptions
Inventory Description Comb, wood and bamboo, bamboo spine has incised characters
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Bamboo, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 12.2 x 6.1 x 1.3 cm (4 13/16 x 2 3/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53316
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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