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Tortoiseshell hair comb with a pierced and carved top featuring a frieze of flowers and a abstract foliage border, forty-one teeth.
combs (hair ornaments)
hair accessories
COMB
2540
Unknown
American or Chinese
2 1/2 x 5 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
1924.178
Title Tortoiseshell hair comb Accession Number 1924.177
Title Tortoiseshell hair comb Accession Number 1924.178
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