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Ivory comb / Arctic, Inuit

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Ivory comb with teeth at one end and incised decoration. Note on card reads, “For shredding sinew.”

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Title(s): 
Ivory comb
Culture: 
Arctic, Inuit
Date: 
1800s
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Nome, Alaska
Materials/Techniques: 
Ivory
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
83.1092
Department: 
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