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| Accession no.: |
N: 812a |
| Title: |
Comb |
| Description: |
Comb, ivory. Iglulingmiut (Iglulik Inuit). Iglulik ?, Nunavut, Canada, 1821-1823. Collected during Parry's Northwest Passage Expedition. |
| Object type: |
Comb |
| Classified name: |
| Current cultural affiliation: |
Iglulingmiut |
| Former cultural affiliation: |
Iglulik Eskimo |
| Current place name: |
Canada > Nunavut > Iglulik ? |
| Former place name: |
Canada > Northwest Territories > Igloolik ? |
| Gender: |
female |
| Keyword(s): |
Combs |
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| Field collection: |
| Place: |
Canada > Nunavut > Iglulik ? |
| Date: |
1821 |
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| Number of items: |
1 |
| Full description: |
Comb: Made from a single piece of ivory widest at mid-section. Upper section is trapezoidal in shape with a knob at the centre of straight upper edge. Sides curve slightly inward. Each side is decorated with double parallel lines enclosing right-angled lines incised along the outside edges and in the centre |
| Dimensions: |
Image:
- Width: 41mm; height: mm; length: 107mm; diameter: mm; depth: mm
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