Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top in a chrysanthemum pattern, twenty-one teeth (one detached).
combs (hair ornaments)
hair accessories
COMB
2508
Unknown
Probably American
7 1/8 in x 7 in (HxW) (inches)
1934.1946
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