Skip navigation

You are in:  Home » Museum » Museum catalogue » Arctic Material Culture Collection » Article

Museum catalogue: Arctic Material Culture Collection

 

Comb

Image

More (all) images of this article below

Accession no.: N: 812b
Title: Comb
Description: Comb, ivory. Iglulingmiut (Iglulik Inuit). Iglulik ?, Nunavut, Canada, 1821-1823.
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
Field collection:
Place: Canada > Nunavut > Iglulik ?
Date: 1821
Number of items: 1
Full description:

Comb: Made from a single piece of ivory carved into roughly rectangular shape with a concave and convex surface. 20 teeth (18 mm long) carved at one end. Upper edge cut with two U-shapes at the centre. Two extensions carved at each side of upper edge.

Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 50mm; height: ?mm; length: 94mm; diameter: ?mm; depth: ?mm
All images for this article: ImageImage