Manufactured by
Unidentified
Owned by
Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
Subject of
Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
Date
1941-1994
Medium
plastic
Dimensions
H x W x D: 3 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in. (8.9 x 4.4 x 0.6 cm)
Description
A brown plastic hair comb with a faux tortoise shell finish from Mae's Millinery Shop. The slightly curved comb has fifteen (15) closed forked teeth, with a sixteenth missing from one end.
Place collected
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
Classification
Accessories and Personal Effects
Type
combs (grooming tools)
Topic
Black Enterprise
Business
Fashion
Hair
Millinery
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
Object number
2010.6.54.7
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58adc1949-503d-4f22-b85c-d76f47ef08d9

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