Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a repeating lyre design over a frieze of fruit, twenty-six teeth (one missing).
combs (hair ornaments)
hair accessories
COMB
2499
Unknown
American
6 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in (HxW) (inches)
2008.4.5
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