Wooden Comb
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1884
label: Collection Date
content: Jul 1881
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SOUTHERN BAND OF CHEROKEES." FROM CARD: "A WOODEN COMB MADE IN IMITATION OF THE SHELL COMBS USED BY WHITE LADIES FOR THE BACK HAIR. THE CARVING IS SAID TO BE DONE WITH A KNIFE. CONSIDERABLE SKILL IS SHOWN IN WORKING OUT THE ORNAMENTED DESIGN OF THE TOP. THE WOOD IS MAPLE OR BIRCH."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 May 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yellow Hill Council House, Jackson County, North Carolina, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cherokee
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 014255
label: USNM Number
content: E63080-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Comb
physicalDescription: label: Length - Teeth
content: 5 cm