Organic (ivory, horn, etc.)
United States, North America
1810-1840
Tortoise shell (marine turtle)
carved
1962.0503.001
Object Number1962.0503.001 |
Comb (Hair Comb)
Organic (ivory, horn, etc.)
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
United States, North America
1810-1840
Tortoise shell (marine turtle)
carved
6.5 (H) , 9.75 (W)
16.51 (H) , 24.77 (W)
Height of teeth: 3.5 inches.
Text available soon.
[Thesis] Phillips, Cedar Imboden. 2003 Tortoise and the Hair: Combs in Jacksonian America. M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
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