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Ivory comb / Arctic, Inuit

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Ivory comb with hole at top and missing teeth on one end. Note on card reads, “For shredding sinew.”

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Title(s): 
Ivory comb
Culture: 
Arctic, Inuit
Date: 
1800s
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Saint Lawrence Island
Materials/Techniques: 
Ivory
Classification: 
Archaeological Objects
Object Type: 
Comb
Accession No: 
83.1089
Department: 
Anthropology
Collection: 
Kravis Discovery Center
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