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Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top with a three dimensional twisted scroll design, nine teeth.
combs (hair ornaments)
hair accessories
COMB
2562
Unknown
Probably American
4 1/2 in x 5 in (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Mrs. Waldo O. Ross
1938.942
Title Pair of shoe buckles Accession Number 1938.853 ab
Title Belt buckle Accession Number 1938.854
Title Belt buckle Accession Number 1938.855
Title Shoe or belt buckle Accession Number 1938.856
Title Vulcanite back comb Accession Number 1938.940
Title Tortoiseshell back comb Accession Number 1938.941
Title Tortoiseshell back comb Accession Number 1938.942
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