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comb
comb
comb
A comb made of moose antler. Collected in New England, made before 1753. Beaqueathed to the British Museum by Sir Hans Sloane in 1753.
The British Museum accession record says the item was found in New England.
Created from information in the British Museum's object catalogue.
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Moose antler; red pigment.
Carved and engraved. The engravings are embellished with red pigment.
A zig zag line forms a border around the comb's inner perimeter.
A similar antler comb, from Conestoga Town, PA, is illustrated in B C Kent 'Susquehanna's Indians' (1984) p.178.
Based on date of collection.
Provenance
Beaqueathed to the British Museum by Sir Hans Sloane in 1753.
British Museum, North American Gallery: first peoples, first contact, June 1999.
Rayna Green (ed) 'The British Museum Encyclopedia of Native North America,' (British Museum Press, 1999) p.24.
JCH King, 'First Peoples, First Contacts,' (British Museum Press, 1999) p.44.
Cited in the British Museum object catalogue.
A similar antler comb, from Conestoga Town, PA, is illustrated in B C Kent 'Susquehanna's Indians' (1984) p.178.
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown artist, comb. Currently in the British Museum, Am,SLMisc.758. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 25309.
This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), John Borrows (JB), Lindsay Borrows (LB), Darlene Johnston (DJ), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Bruce Morito (BM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Cory Willmott (CW).