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.
Maker: unknown
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
Material: silver (metal)
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.
Material: tortoise shell
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).
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
Tortoiseshell hair comb with a carved and pierced scroll loop design at top, ten teeth.
Date: 1840-1880
GUSN: 103032
Accession Number: 1922.673.2
Tortoiseshell hair comb with a pierced and carved top featuring a frieze of flowers and a abstract foliage border, forty-one teeth.
GUSN: 103033
Accession Number: 1924.178
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a row of leaves framed by a circle border, six teeth.
GUSN: 103034
Accession Number: 1924.672
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a linked chain design, eight teeth.
Date: 1870-1880
GUSN: 103035
Accession Number: 1928.256
Tortoiseshell hair comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a row of roundels with small pierced stars, nine teeth.
GUSN: 103036
Accession Number: 1928.936
Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring an abstract scroll of foliage design, fifty-two teeth (two missing)
GUSN: 103037
Accession Number: 1928.937
Three tortoiseshell side combs, two big one small, all feature a serpentine shaped top with a border of carved balls, all have twenty-three teeth.
Date: 1860-1880
GUSN: 103038
Accession Number: 1935.250a-c
Horn back comb with a serpentine shaped top, twelve teeth.
Date: 1860-1890
GUSN: 103039
Accession Number: 1930.1687
This tortoiseshell back comb is decorated with a carved and pierced top featuring a scrolled trellis design with foliage.
Date: 1850-1890
GUSN: 103040
Accession Number: 1931.1579
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a double loop design, nine teeth (two missing)
GUSN: 103041
Accession Number: 1934.1225
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced round top featuring a vine of grape bunches and leaves, eleven teeth (three missing)
GUSN: 103042
Accession Number: 1934.1226
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a continuous loop design, eight teeth (two missing).
GUSN: 103043
Accession Number: 1934.1227
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a twisted foliate scroll design, ten teeth.
GUSN: 103044
Accession Number: 1936.816
Horn back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a berry and leaf design, dyed with red stripes to imitate tortoiseshell, two teeth.
GUSN: 103045
Accession Number: 1935.1037
Celluloid back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring two rows of a baluster design, eight teeth.
Date: 1870-1890
GUSN: 103046
Accession Number: 1935.1038
Tortoiseshell back comb with a curved carved and pierced top featuring a scrolling floral design, seven teeth.
Date: 1830-1860
GUSN: 103047
Accession Number: 1935.1531
Tortoiseshell side comb with a pierced and carved top featuring a scrolling foliate design, thirty-two teeth (one missing).
Date: 1830-1850
GUSN: 103048
Accession Number: 1935.1532
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a pointed crown design, eight teeth (two missing).
GUSN: 103049
Accession Number: 1935.1535
Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced featuring a design of five abstract foliate bunches, multiple small teeth (many missing).
GUSN: 103050
Accession Number: 1936.474
Tortoiseshell back comb with round carved and pierced top featuring a scrolling vine with grape bunches and flowers, eight teeth.
Date: 1825-1860
GUSN: 103051
Accession Number: 1936.475
Tortoiseshell hair comb carved in a continuous loop design.
GUSN: 103052
Accession Number: 1936.476
Horn back comb with a round carved and pierced top featuring a floral and leaf design, six teeth.
GUSN: 103053
Accession Number: 1936.880
Tortoiseshell back comb with a curved carved and pierced top featuring an abstract three dimensional scroll design, ten teeth.
Date: 1850-1880
GUSN: 103054
Accession Number: 1938.941