Black celluloid back comb with a pierced scroll and floral design at top set with faceted jet beads, five teeth.
Date: 1890-1910
Maker: unknown
GUSN: 103072
Accession Number: 1955.31
Blonde celluloid back comb with a flared pierced top featuring scrolls and set with round faceted colorless glass stones, four teeth.
Material: glass (material)
GUSN: 103073
Accession Number: 1946.843
Celluloid back comb with a fan shaped pierced top set with round faceted glass stones, four teeth.
GUSN: 103074
Accession Number: 1993.372
Tortoiseshell back comb with a curved top featuring carved relief cornucopia and grape bunches over a pierced star ground, and carved and pierced foliate edge, thirteen teeth (one missing).
Date: 1825-1850
GUSN: 103075
Accession Number: 1973.2
Horn comb in the form of a moth with a six tooth hinged comb on reverse.
Date: 1870
Maker: Brow, Elias (Inventor)
GUSN: 103076
Accession Number: 1917.192
Double sided bone comb with very fine teeth.
Date: 1800-1820
GUSN: 103077
Accession Number: 1917.945
Brass back comb with rounded top and nine teeth.
Date: 1800-1825
Material: brass (alloy)
GUSN: 103078
Accession Number: 1917.1288
Curved tortoiseshell back comb with an abstract carved and pierced scrolled foliate design at top, multiple teeth (one missing).
Date: 1825-1840
GUSN: 103080
Accession Number: 1920.538
Curved horn side comb with straight square top and multiple teeth.
GUSN: 103081
Accession Number: 1920.539
Small gilded metal side comb with three rosettes and a wavy border at top, fifteen teeth.
GUSN: 103082
Accession Number: 1920.540
Bone jack knife style pocket comb with a vulcanite case featuring a cornucopia, eagle with shield and spray of flowers in relief on one side, and a standing George Washington in relief on the other.
Date: 1850-1873
GUSN: 103083
Accession Number: 1921.177
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
GUSN: 103084
Accession Number: 1925.563ab
Vulcanite back comb with a row of nine graduated ivory balls at top, eight teeth.
Date: 1860-1870
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
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 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.
Material: silver (metal)
GUSN: 103095
Accession Number: 1929.1493
Pair of tortoiseshell side combs with pierced and carved scrolls at top, each have multiple teeth.
Date: 1950-1900
GUSN: 103096
Accession Number: 1932.1176ab
Celluloid hairpin with two folded leaves at top and a ridged ball at center, two prongs.
Date: 1870-1890
GUSN: 103097
Accession Number: 1934.1228
Horn hinged back comb with seven teeth attached to a winding coil.
GUSN: 103098
Accession Number: 1934.1939
Pair of celluloid hairpins with gilt and set with cut colorless glass stones.
Date: 1880-1910
GUSN: 103099
Accession Number: 1935.251ab
Metal curved hairpin.
GUSN: 103100
Accession Number: 1935.1034
Dyed horn hairpin with pierced top, two prongs. Broken.
GUSN: 103101
Accession Number: 1935.1040
Tortoiseshell hairpin with a pierced decorative top set with three jet balls and one faceted teardrop ball, two prongs.
GUSN: 103102
Accession Number: 1935.1041
Vulcanite or hard rubber black hair comb with round top and thirteen teeth.
Maker: R.C. Co. Goodyear (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 103103
Accession Number: 1935.1155
Tortoiseshell hairpin with a pierced and carved top featuring a scrolled heart design, two teeth (one broken).
Date: 1870-1880
GUSN: 103104
Accession Number: 1936.819
Tortoiseshell hairpin with molded twist top, two teeth.
GUSN: 103105
Accession Number: 1936.879
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
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