Hair comb

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Culture/People: Iñupiaq [Kinugumiut/Kingegan/Cape Prince of Wales]

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1938.
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Place: Cape Prince of Wales; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Iñupiaq [Kinugumiut/Kingegan/Cape Prince of Wales]; Personal items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 19/8776
Barcode: 198776.000

Object Type: Personal items

Object Name: Hair comb
Media/Materials: Baleen, sinew
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b286217f-df25-411a-b246-375811a29fdc

Record ID: NMAI_212426