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Object Details
- Description
- This whimsical example of a hand-made tortoiseshell comb, may be in the shape of a whale.
- Description (Spanish)
- Este es un caprichoso ejemplo de peine hecho a mano con caparazón de tortuga, probablemente en forma de ballena.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- late 19th-early 20th century
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.0289.006
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.0289.006
- Object Name
- comb, hair
- Physical Description
- tortoiseshell (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .2 cm x 2.6 cm x 11.1 cm; 1/16 in x 1 in x 4 3/8 in
- Place Made
- Puerto Rico
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- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Cultures & Communities
- Domestic Furnishings
- Vidal
- Title
- Comb
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Daily Life
- Puerto Rico
- Household Tools and Equipment
- Hairstyling
- Record ID
- nmah_602747
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-3a90-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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