Wooden Comb
possibly Cherokee
Southeast
about 1800-1850
Wood
Overall: 3 1/16 × 2 15/16 × 5/16 in. (7.8 × 7.5 × 0.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Altha Harriet Tinker
51.4.17135
Geography
Place Made: Gordonsville, United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Gear
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southeast
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by the Sheflott family, Gordonville, Virginia, about 1800-1850; Altha Harriet Tinker (1921-1990), Dutton Hill, Norwich, Vermont; given to present collection, 1951.
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