Wood Comb (possibly worn in a Ribbon Dance)
Cherokee
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Southeast
collected 1907
Rhododendron wood
Overall: 3 1/16 × 3 7/8 in. (7.7 × 9.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9914
Geography
Place Made: Cherokee, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southeast
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 11.01/NAIS 11.01, Ancient Native Americans, Maddie McLeester, Fall 2022
Provenance
Unknown maker, Cherokee, North Carolina; collected by Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Cherokee, North Carolina, 1907; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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