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Hair Comb (Peineta)
Hair Comb (Peineta)
Hair Comb (Peineta)

Hair Comb (Peineta)

Dateca. 1890
Mediumplastic
Dimensions9 × 9 in. (22.8 × 22.8 cm)
ClassificationsJewelry & Adornment
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Eleanor Hiller Wendle
Object numberPC1980.82.1
DescriptionTortoise shell colored hair comb called a peineta. The decorative fan has an interlocked pattern of foliage and stars.
On View
Not on view
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