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Dyed horn back comb with a plain square top and twenty teeth.
combs (hair ornaments)
hair accessories
horn (animal material)
Comb
2477
Unknown
Probably American
4 3/4 x 4 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Mary Watson
1936.881
Pictured in Clark, Hazel Barker, "Our Colonial Comb Industry," Old-Time New England vol. XLI, no. 2 (1950): 41-45.
Title Pair of large shoe buckles Accession Number 1936.866 ab
Title Knee buckles Accession Number 1936.867
Title Celluloid hairpin Accession Number 1936.879
Title Horn back comb Accession Number 1936.880
Title Tortoiseshell comb Accession Number 1936.881
Title High back horn comb Accession Number 1936.882
Title Bead necklace Accession Number 1936.884
Title Tortoiseshell bracelet Accession Number 1936.885
Title c - Three buttons Accession Number 1936.890 a
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