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Asian Art

Comb

ca. 1900

Wool, silk floss, silk tassels, glass pound beads, bone, silver, wood, bamboo

Ann B. Goodman Collection, Gift of Ann B. Goodman
2015.125.510
Geography: 
China
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Chinese, Yao
Period: 
19th–20th century
Classification: 
Apparel/Costume
Provenance: 

Acquired in 2006 from Xanadu, San Francisco.

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2016.pdf (accessed December 1, 2016).

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.