Fancy Hair Comb
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Apr 1890
label: Collection Date
content: 1890
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs Matilda C. Stevenson
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs Matilda C. Stevenson
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Silver." Illustrated, Fig. 52, p. 55 in Frank, Larry, and Millard J. Holbrook. 1990. Indian silver jewelry of the Southwest, 1868-1930. West Chester, Pa: Schiffer. Figure caption notes: "This silver comb with elaborate stamp work and silver cutouts resembles a Spanish mantilla comb. Although a comb of this sort was a White Man's style, it has figures of the sacred avanyu (sky and water snakes)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Feb 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: New Mexico, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Navajo (Diné)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 023123
label: USNM Number
content: E131363-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Comb