Comb

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Comb

Entry/Object ID

CW 735 e

Description

Combs. Group of five shell back-combs of different types. Fair condition. Circa 1900. CW 735 a Comb; tall shell with scalloped edge. One tooth is broken. CW 735 b Comb; shell with gold band at edge. Three teeth broken. CW 735 c Comb; light shell; interesting but three teeth are broken. CW 735 d Comb; lighter curved shell; lacks end tooth. CW 735 e Comb; shell; six pronged; lacks one prong. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania