Hair comb
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from Louisa Baptiste (Peoria) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1870-1900
- Catalog Number
- 2/509
- Barcode
- 020509.000
- Culture/People
- Peoria
- Previous owner
- Louisa Baptiste, Osage/Peoria
- Collector
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Hair comb
- Media/Materials
- Silver
- Techniques
- Hammered, cut, cutout, stamped, riveted
- Dimensions
- 7 x 20.6 x 12 cm
- Place
- Oklahoma; USA
- See related items
- Peoria
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Record ID
- NMAI_21934
- Usage
- CC0
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