Piene de Mujer
date: label: Date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This tortoiseshell woman's hair comb dates from the 19th century. A precursor to plastics, tortoiseshell and horn were common materials used in combs since they could be made soft and moldable by heating. As they cooled, they would harden and keep their new shape.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Peine de mujer hecho con caparazón de tortuga, procedente del siglo XIX. Los caparazones de tortuga y los cuernos eran materiales comúnmente utilizados para la fabricación de peines por ser susceptibles a ablandarse y modelarse mediante calor. Al enfriarse, se endurecían conservando la nueva forma.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title
content: Woman's Comb
topic: label: Subject
content: Daily Life
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.0305.001
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0305.001
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comb, hair
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tortoiseshell (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 cm x 10.3 cm x 2.7 cm; 5 1/8 in x 4 1/16 in x 1 1/16 in