Pair of horn side combs with folded over tops featuring a pierced abstract shape and carved scroll line design, thirty-two teeth on comb A, thirty-three teeth on comb B (one missing).
Date: 1860-1900
Maker: unknown
GUSN: 103084
Accession Number: 1925.563ab
Vulcanite back comb with a row of nine graduated ivory balls at top, eight teeth.
Date: 1860-1870
Material: vulcanite, ivory (tooth component)
GUSN: 103085
Accession Number: 1925.820
Celluloid hinged back comb with a flared wing shaped top featuring a pierced geometric design, center top set with a horn rosette, seven teeth.
Date: 1860-1880
Material: cellulosic
GUSN: 103086
Accession Number: 1927.967
Ivory back comb with a row of nine graduated balls at top, eight teeth.
GUSN: 103087
Accession Number: 1928.240
Pair of small rectangular side combs with multiple fine teeth.
Date: 1850-1900
GUSN: 103088
Accession Number: 1928.826ab
Vulcanite or hard rubber back comb in a horseshoe shape, eleven teeth.
Material: vulcanite, rubber (material), molding (forming)
GUSN: 103089
Accession Number: 1928.901
Tortoiseshell side comb with a molded curved top, multiple teeth.
Date: 1800-1899
Material: tortoise shell
GUSN: 103090
Accession Number: 1928.939
GUSN: 103091
Accession Number: 1928.941
Two metal bobby pins "Bob-Ettes" in original orange cardboard box.
Date: 1929
Maker: The Hump Hair Pin Manufacturing Co. (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 103092
Accession Number: 1929.441
Horn hinged back comb with a cut steel rosette bead top, seven teeth (one missing).
Date: 1860-1875
GUSN: 103093
Accession Number: 1929.500
Black vulcanite pocket comb with large teeth on left side and smaller teeth on right. "Mauchline Ware" wooden case printed with an image of The Flume at Franconia Notch, NH.
Date: ca. 1874
Material: sycamore (wood)
GUSN: 103094
Accession Number: 1929.1491AB
Sterling silver back comb with a crown shaped top featuring an engraved leaves in center, five teeth.
Date: 1890-1910
Material: silver (metal)
GUSN: 103095
Accession Number: 1929.1493
Tortoiseshell hair comb with gold pique point decoration.
Date: 1860-1890
Material: tortoise shell, gold (metal)
GUSN: 102945
Accession Number: 2006.44.412
Two pronged tortoiseshell hair comb with round top.
GUSN: 102946
Accession Number: 2006.44.413
Two prong tortoiseshell haircomb with square top; Pierced decoration of a tree.
GUSN: 102947
Accession Number: 2006.44.414
Date: 1820-1840
GUSN: 102948
Accession Number: 2006.44.415
Tortoiseshell hair comb with pierced carved foliate decoration.
Material: carving (processes), tortoise shell
GUSN: 102949
Accession Number: 2006.44.416
Gold plated watch key set with a faceted colorless stone.
GUSN: 102950
Accession Number: 2006.44.417
Two-pronged tortoiseshell hair comb with pierced gold colored scroll work head.
Date: 1870-1900
GUSN: 102951
Accession Number: 2006.44.418
Large (about 9''x9'') tortoiseshell hair comb with carved and pierced foliate head.
GUSN: 102952
Accession Number: 2006.44.419
Hawaiian "lei niho palaoa" neck ornament with a large, carved ivory pendant attached to many strands made from tightly braided human hair. Worn only by men and women of the elite class - ali'i - lei niho palaoa were potent symbols of status and sacred power.
Date: ca. 1830
Material: human hair, ivory (tooth component), tusk
GUSN: 102953
Accession Number: 2006.44.420
Long necklace of elongated bone beads each separated by a round colored glass and metal beads with white claw or tooth as central pendant.
Date: 1866-1925
Material: glass (material)
GUSN: 102954
Accession Number: 2006.44.421
Hawaiian dog-tooth leg ornament, or kupe'e niho 'ilio. Wide anklet of layered dog teeth strung with two-ply twine attached to thicker looped plant fiber. Worn by men during dance ceremonies.
Material: tooth, twine
GUSN: 102955
Accession Number: 2006.44.422
Ojibway beaded green, orange, yellow, purple, blue, white, red, pink belt sash with floral design.
Date: 1870-1925
GUSN: 102956
Accession Number: 2006.44.423
Silver posy holder with floral chased and repousse decoration. Tulip-shaped cup constructed of six leaf-shaped petals attached to a hollow silver stem. A silver chain and pin are attached at the base of the cup. The pin would pierce the flower stems inserted into the cup to keep them stationary. The...
Date: ca. 1840
GUSN: 102957
Accession Number: 2002.29.15
Gold wedding band with thin parallel lines engraved near each exterior rim. The interior bears an inscription of the couple's initials and their wedding date (see Inscriptions).
Date: 1844
Material: gold alloy
GUSN: 102958
Accession Number: 2002.29.13
This headdress is composed of a single strand of silk leaves, white silk flowers, and wax-coated silk orange blossoms. It has a pair of matching drop orange blossom earrings with french wires (.2ab) and a corsage of orange blossoms and leaves set against a tulle net pouf (.3). The entire group was o...
Date: ca. 1870
Material: silk (fiber), wax
GUSN: 102959
Accession Number: 1925.232.1
Curved tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and twenty-six teeth.
Date: 1820-1860
GUSN: 102960
Accession Number: 1917.121
Mottled brown tortoiseshell back comb with plain rounded top and twenty three carved teeth (one missing).
Date: 1820-1850
GUSN: 102961
Accession Number: 1920.395
Tortoiseshell hair comb with a carved pierced top featuring a grouping of musical instruments in the center and surrounded by scrolling flowers, twenty teeth.
Date: 1780-1830
GUSN: 102962
Accession Number: 1920.525
Tortoiseshell hair comb with a carved pierced top featuring a floral frieze in the center, crosshatching at the bottom, and roundels along the top, nineteen teeth (one broken).
GUSN: 102963
Accession Number: 1920.526
Horn back comb with plain square top and rounded corners and twenty-three teeth
Material: horn (animal material), carving (processes)
GUSN: 102964
Accession Number: 1920.527
Dyed horn hair comb with thin square top and twenty-four teeth.
Date: 1800-1850
GUSN: 102965
Accession Number: 1920.534
Horn comb with a thin square top and eighteen teeth.
GUSN: 102966
Accession Number: 1922.309
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring an urn and scrolling foliage, sixteen teeth (one broken)
Date: 1810-1840
GUSN: 102967
Accession Number: 1923.208
Tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and twenty-five teeth (one is missing).
GUSN: 102968
Accession Number: 1924.94
Tortoiseshell comb with a plain square top and thirteen teeth.
Date: 1800-1860
GUSN: 102969
Accession Number: 1924.95
Tortoiseshell back comb with a pierced and carved top featuring scrolling design of multiple flowers, twelve teeth.
GUSN: 102970
Accession Number: 1927.1082
Horn back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring an urn and flower at the center and scrolled foliage, ten teeth.
Material: horn (animal material)
GUSN: 102971
Accession Number: 1927.1083
Tortoiseshell back comb with a large flared carved and pierced top featuring an abstract floral and foliage design, sixteen teeth.
GUSN: 102972
Accession Number: 1928.935
Carved tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top with rounded corners and eighteen teeth.
GUSN: 102973
Accession Number: 1936.473
Tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and twenty-three teeth (two missing).
Material: tortoise shell, carving (processes)
GUSN: 102974
Accession Number: 1937.1143
Tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and seventeen teeth.
GUSN: 102975
Accession Number: 1940.242
Curved tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and twenty-seven teeth (three missing).
GUSN: 102976
Accession Number: 1934.876
Curved tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square head and thirty-six teeth (two missing)
GUSN: 102977
Accession Number: 1934.1276
Curved tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and thirty-one teeth.
GUSN: 102978
Accession Number: 1937.1245
Curved tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and thirty-three teeth.
GUSN: 102979
Accession Number: 1937.1246
Curved tortoiseshell back comb with a plain square top and twenty-eight teeth.
GUSN: 102980
Accession Number: 1929.558
Horn back comb with a plain square head and canted corners and nineteenth teeth (one missing).
GUSN: 102981
Accession Number: 1941.803
Horn back comb with a plain square head and twenty-one teeth (three missing)
GUSN: 102982
Accession Number: 1941.804