Flax Comb

2003-43-108

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-108
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Wood
Technique Carved | Incised
Description

Large comb carved from a single piece of wood consisting of a rectangular body the top 2/3rds of which has been carved into a single row of long, narrow teeth; the bottom of the rectangle consists of two semi-circular edges dropping at center to form a long flat handle; the unfinished wood surfaces of each side are decorated with incised cross-hatched lines.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.108 - Other Number | 68 - Other Number | 67 - Other Number

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