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Tortoiseshell back comb with a flared carved and pierced top featuring a floral and scrolled foliage design, seventeen teeth (four missing).
combs (hair ornaments)
hair accessories
COMB
2506
Unknown
Probably American
7 in x 8 1/2 in (HxW) (inches)
1933.690
Title Coral bracelet Accession Number 1933.260
Title Coral necklace Accession Number 1933.261
Title Coral bracelet Accession Number 1933.262
Title Coral earrings Accession Number 1933.263 ab
Title Tortoiseshell back comb Accession Number 1933.690
Title Tortoiseshell lorgnette Accession Number 1933.692
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