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Bone comb
Bone comb

Bone comb

Date19th -mid 20th century
Maker Native American Northwest Coast
Object numberSC91.1.89
Exhibition HistoryWhatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA, Arts of a Vanished Era, June 12 - October 31, 1968
Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg
Dimensions6 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 1/2 in. (17.46 x 8.57 x 1.27 cm)
MediumBone, carved
Ivory charm (fake)
Native American
1970's?
Object number: SC91.1.139
Stone Adze Blade
Native American
Pre-contact
Object number: SC91.67
Native American
Object number: 81.17.1312
Chinese
617-906
Object number: 56.110
Cedar bark neck rings
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
late 19th to early 20th century
Object number: 91.1.14
Red cedar bark neck ring
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1900
Object number: 91.1.15
Red cedar bark neck ring
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1900
Object number: 91.1.16
Red cedar bark neck ring
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1930
Object number: 91.1.17
Photo: Paul Macapia
Native American
ca. 1870
Object number: 91.1.50
Bracelet with American eagle design
Native American
ca. 1900
Object number: 74.35
Bracelet, American eagle design
Native American
ca. 1900
Object number: 74.36