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Tortoiseshell hair comb in a lyre shaped with carved and pierced floral and foliate decoration, six teeth.
combs (hair ornaments)
hair accessories
Comb, Hair
Comb, Hair
2510
Unknown
American
4 1/2 x 4 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Estate of Mrs. Miles Standish
1937.895
Title Tortoiseshell comb Accession Number 1937.895
Title String of jet beads Accession Number 1937.896
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