Tortoise Shell Comb
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1811
- Description
Tortoise shell with shaped back and eleven teeth (six missing). Set with diamond, eight rivets in gold and three other designs.
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Costume (mode of fashion)
Costume accessories
Combs (hair ornaments)
Heald, Rebekah Wells, 1776-1857
Fort Dearborn Massacre (1812 : Chicago, Ill.)
Pioneers
Weddings (ceremonies)
Indigenous peoples of North America - Type
- physical object
- Format
- Height: (5.5 in)Width: (3.5 in)Tortoise shell
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2017, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Tortoise Shell Comb. 1811. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1846. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1811) Tortoise Shell Comb. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1846
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1846>.