Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
70-9-796
From: United States of America | North Carolina | Cherokee
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-9-796 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cherokee | Eastern Band |
| Provenience | United States of America | North Carolina | Cherokee |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Comb tapers slightly from top to teeth; upper portion is solid band of wood with portion below it deeply recessed with openwork through to the back of comb; 19 teeth, each tapering to a point at the bottom. Written in ink on back of comb: "Cherokee, N.C.". Object found in drawer with other material from Pennypacker collection. Condition: Good. To Registrar's for freezing 3/91. |
| Length | 7.5 cm |
| Width | 8.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
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