Celluloid Comb
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An imitation tortoiseshell celluloid back comb, most likely Victorian. It is unmarked.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Hairstyling
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Clothing & Accessories
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.0901
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0901
objectType: label: Object Name
content: back comb
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 4 3/4 in x 5/16 in; 12.7 cm x 11.99998 cm x .8001 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 4 13/16 in x 5 1/16 in; 3.175 cm x 12.22375 cm x 12.85875 cm