Collector:

George Y. Nickerson  Search this

Donor Name:

George Y. Nickerson  Search this

Length - Object:

10.478 cm

Width - Object:

4.45 cm

Object Type:

Comb

Place:

Greenland

Accession Date:

1 Dec 1875

Notes:

FROM CARD: "COMB.---CARVED FROM IVORY; TEN TEETH 1 1/8 INCHES; HANDLE CARVED IN OPEN PATTERN. ESKIMOS. LENGTH, 4 1/8 INS. WIDTH, 1 3/4 INS. GREENLAND, 1875. 19,524. COLLECTED BY GEO. Y. NICKERSON."

Listed on page 32 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Western Eskimo".

Record Last Modified:

16 Oct 2020

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

75A00069

USNM Number:

E19524-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e4c3c9d6-6345-4fc6-9629-311b87a135e6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8354087