Horn back comb with a plain round top and seven teeth.
Date: 1820-1850
Maker: unknown
Material: horn (animal material)
GUSN: 103062
Accession Number: 2008.4.6
Black vulcanite back comb with openwork top and jagged edge, eight teeth.
Date: 1850-1890
GUSN: 103063
Accession Number: 1946.491
Horn back comb with a row of pierced crescent moons at top, seven teeth.
Date: 1830-1880
GUSN: 103064
Accession Number: 1946.492
Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a row of abstract foliage, twenty-five teeth.
Date: 1825-1850
GUSN: 103065
Accession Number: 1920.531
Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring flowers within roundels and a row of diamonds, eighteen teeth.
Material: carving (processes), piercing, tortoise shell
GUSN: 103066
Accession Number: 1920.535
Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a row of flowers and scrolling foliage, twenty-nine teeth.
Material: tortoise shell
GUSN: 103067
Accession Number: 1928.938
Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring scrolling flowers, foliage, and a lyre at center, forty-two teeth.
Material: tortoise shell, carving (processes), piercing
GUSN: 103068
Accession Number: 1924.177
Mother of pearl back comb featuring on the front an scene of Asian men having tea under the trees on the left and two men in a garden on the right. The center of the comb features a shield shape with the monogram "DLR." The reverse is decorated with a floral design.
Date: ca. 1807
Material: mother of pearl
GUSN: 103069
Accession Number: 1930.1656
Horn side comb with molded scroll top and sixteen teeth with ball points.
Date: 1903-1930
Maker: Kingman, Edward B. (Inventor)
GUSN: 103070
Accession Number: 1946.490
Tortoiseshell back comb with a pierced top featuring a scrolling floral design, six teeth.
Date: 1870-1910
GUSN: 103071
Accession Number: 1955.32
Black celluloid back comb with a pierced scroll and floral design at top set with faceted jet beads, five teeth.
Date: 1890-1910
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).
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
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
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.
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
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).
GUSN: 102961
Accession Number: 1920.395