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Ivory back comb with a row of nine graduated balls at top, eight teeth.
combs (hair ornaments)
hair accessories
COMB
2594
Unknown
Chinese or American
3 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in (HxW) (inches)
1928.240
Pictured in Clark, Hazel Barker, "Our Colonial Comb Industry," Old-Time New England vol. XLI, no. 2 (1950): 41-45.
Title Hatpin Accession Number 1928.237
Title Brass pin Accession Number 1928.238
Title Brass bouquet holder Accession Number 1928.239
Title Ivory back comb Accession Number 1928.240
Title Wedding dress of Mary Ann Snow Accession Number 1928.1107
Title Trousseau bill of Mary Ann Snow Accession Number 1928.1108
Title Daguerreotype of Mary Ann Snow Accession Number 1928.1128
Title Silk stockings embroidered and marked Mary Ann Snow Accession Number 1929.60 ab
Title Coral bracelet in box Accession Number 1933.219
Title Hair ornament Accession Number 1932.221
Title Handkerchief ring Accession Number 1934.199
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