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Creator
Unknown
Date Created
Early 1900s
Subject
Costume accessories; Worn costume accessories; Comb
Description
Early 20th century. Amber-colored celluloid hair comb with four teeth and a fan-shaped top decorated with blue rhinestones. Celluloid is an early plastic.
Extent
Length: 15.2 cm / 6 in.
Width: 10.8 cm / 4.25 in.
Provenance
Gift of Helen McLaughlin
Museum Number
428c
Publisher
University of New Hampshire Library
Medium
Celluloid, rhinestones
Contributor
Astrida Schaeffer, photographer/curator
Date Digitized
3-5-2019
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Keywords
Combs (hair ornaments), Early 20th century, Celluloid, Amber (color), Rhinestones, Blue (color), McLaughlin (donor)
Comments
The Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection digital catalog was produced by the UNH Library Digital Collection Initiative, supported in part by a grant from the Mooseplate program and New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Additional funding provided by the E. Ruth Buxton Stephenson Memorial Fund.
Photography copyright, Astrida Schaeffer.