Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from an unknown source in Paris, France, in 1930 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Macushi (Macusi)
- MAI agent
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Object Name
- Hair comb
- Media/Materials
- Vegetal Fiber, reed, feather/feathers
- Techniques
- Wrapped, tied, twill-plaited
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
