Wooden Comb
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
label: Collection Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: John P. Monteith
label: Donor Name
content: John B. Monteith
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM OLD EXHIBIT LABEL: "COMB.---ELEVEN THIN STRIPS OF WOOD OF EQUAL LENGTHS, POINTED AT ENDS, PLACED ONE ON ANOTHER, AND BENT AT MIDDLE TO FORM A FAN-SHAPED COMB, THE SHAPE BEING PRESERVED BY LASHINGS OF BUCKSKIN. NEZ PERCE INDIANS. LENGTH, 4 3/8 INS. WIDTH, 4 3/4 INS. LENGTH OF TEETH, 2 1/4 INS. IDAHO TERRITORY, 1876. 23,863. COLLECTED BY J. B. MONTIETH." PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FROM UME-LAL-I-CUM. - STEVEN L. GRAFE 1997 SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Jul 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lapwai Reservation, Idaho, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nez Perce (Nimiipuu)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005302
label: USNM Number
content: E23863-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Comb
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 10.85 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12.07 cm