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comb

human history
  • Common Name
    Adornment
  • Description

    Hair ornament

    Carved from bone. A small comb with 6 teeth. The handle is incised and inked with black horizontal lines. The top of the handle has a small hole

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1928.122
  • Accession Date
    1928
  • Other Id

    2417.1 (ethnology)

  • Department

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