Wood Comb

Cherokee
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Southeast

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collected 1907

Rhododendron

Overall: 3 1/4 × 3 5/8 in. (8.2 × 9.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill

46.17.9913

Geography

Place Made: Cherokee, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Personal Adornment

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Southeast

Not on view

Provenance

Unknown maker, North Carolina; acquired by Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Cherokee, North Carolina, 1907; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.

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