Hair comb
date: label: Date created
content: 1973
name: label: Culture/People
content: Achuar
label: Collector
content: Dr. Norman E. Whitten, Jr. (Norman Earl Whitten), Non-Indian
label: Collector
content: Dorothea Scott Whitten (Sibby Whitten/Dorothea Margaret Scott/Dorothea S. Whitten), Non-Indian, 1930-2011
label: Donor
content: Dr. Norman E. Whitten, Jr. (Norman Earl Whitten), Non-Indian
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or acquired by anthropologists Norman E. Whitten and Dorothea Scott Whitten (1930–2011) in 1973 during anthropological research and humanitarian work with the Amazonian peoples of Ecuador; donated to NMAI by Dr. Norman E. Whitten in 2019.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Oriente Region; Ecuador
setName: label: See related items
content: Achuar
label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 27/474
label: Barcode
content: 270474.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
label: Indigenous Term
content: ñakcha
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Hair comb
label: Media/Materials
content: Palm wood, vegetal fiber, cotton thread
label: Techniques
content: Wrapped
label: Dimensions
content: 13.3 x 7.8 cm