Comb (Hair - grooming tool)

NA487

From: Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number NA487
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood
Description

For dressing furs. Ivory blade with four long teeth ans shank with two holes for attachement to handle. straight wooden handle wrapped with sinew.

Length 5.71 cm
Width 2.54 cm
Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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