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Museum object · Jewelry and Adornment

Plastic comb with pearl accents from Mae's Millinery Shop

1941-1994

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Clear plastic comb decorated with large and small faux pearls from Mae's Millinery Shop. The comb has seven (7) teeth extending from a rounded bar that is thicker in the middle. The bar is covered on the facing side with a cluster of faux pearl beads in varying sizes attached with monofilament.

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Catalog reference: 2016.48.51.11

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