Hair comb (Image withheld)
- Date created
- AD 1600–1700
- Culture/People
- probably Cayuga (archaeological) (attributed)
- Collector
- William W. Adams (W. W. Adams), Non-Indian, 1841-1922
- Previous owner
- Isabel Howland (Isabelle Howland), Non-Indian, 1859-1942
- Donor
- Isabel Howland (Isabelle Howland), Non-Indian, 1859-1942
- Expedition
- Samuel Riker, Jr. New York State Expedition (1919)
- Expedition leader
- Alanson B. Skinner (A. B. Skinner/Alanson Buck Skinner), Non-Indian, 1886-1925
- Presenter/funding source
- Samuel Riker, Jr., Non-Indian, 1868-1936
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated by William W. Adams (1841-1922, of Scipioville and Springport, New York) at an unknown date; acquired by Isabel Howland (1859-1942, of Union Springs, New York) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by Isabel Howland in 1919 during the Samuel Riker, Jr. New York State Expedition, led by Alanson Skinner and sponsored by MAI and MAI trustee Samuel Riker, Jr. (1868-1936).
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- Place
- Grave; Mead Farm (Old Town, East Cayuga); Fleming Township; Cayuga County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Cayuga (archaeological)
- Personal items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 9/4455
- Barcode
- 094455.000
- Object Type
- Personal items
- Object Name
- Hair comb (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Record ID
- NMAI_101853