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Tortoiseshell back comb with folded over top with alternating points and pierced roundels, eight teeth.
combs (hair ornaments)
hair accessories
COMB
2643
Unknown
Probably American
4 1/2 in x 4 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Katherine Sumner Gould
1964.189
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