National Museum of African American History and Culture
Cellulose nitrate comb from dresser set owned by Lena Horne
Agalin, French · mid 20th Century
This comb is made of orange semi-translucent Bakelite. Decorated with black and gold embellishments along the spine in art deco style, it has smaller, closely spaced teeth at one end, and more larger, more widely spaced teeth at the opposite end.
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