Wooden comb with incised decoration (barred lines).

Wooden comb with incised decoration (geometric patterns).

The Inuit of Arctic America used their limited resources of raw materials to the full for food, clothing, equipment and toys. They relied primarily on seals and caribou, supplementing these with whales, walrus, bear, birds and driftwood and grasses.…

Wooden comb, decorated with glass beads, colours: red, blue and white. Reid (1912): 'Worn by chief.'

Comb made from a single piece of wood, carved handles, bound with string made from twisted vegetable fibre.

Wooden hair comb, with carved decoration

Comb made out of cactus spines, orange, blue, and green thread woven round spine of comb. Old label "comb in cactus spines and bamboo decorated with blue red and mauve thread made by indians, South america presented by James Duncan Tillycorthie,…

Tortoise shell and diamante comb with 4 teeth in an s-shaped profile.