Flax Comb
2003-43-108
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
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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