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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian; Yupik or Iñupiat
Title:Comb
Date Made:Late prehistoric
Type:Toilet Article
Materials:Mammoth ivory and ink
Place Made:North America; United States; Alaska; Sitka
Measurements:Overall: 2 1/2 in x 4 3/16 in; 6.4 cm x 10.6 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1.G
Credit Line:Gift of Mary Gage Peterson (Class of 1865)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of the descendants of those who made it or affiliated Tribal officials.

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Description:
Carved ivory comb, middle teeth broken; decorated with geometric patterns (circles) on both sides. The pattern is a series of uniform circles with dots in the center. There is also a double line incised around the inside of the handle edges. The handle is decorated on the front and back with incised lines stained with black ink. One side of the comb is stained and appears darker than the other. Seven of the comb's teeth remain of the original eighteen.

Tags:
indigenous people; Native American

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