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Museum Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Comb
Title
Comb
Date
1850-1890
Medium
Tortoise shell
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/8 x 6 x 1 1/2 in. ( 15.6 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm )
Description
Tortoise shell hair comb with twenty-five teeth, plain, deep horizontal top.
Credit Line
Gift of Marion L. Dielman
Object Number
1939.541
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
