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Decorative fitting for an ornamental comb
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Decorative fitting for an ornamental comb

ca. 3300-2250 BCE · Jade (nephrite)

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Ornament; thin flat pendant of irregular shape; two notches in base, upper edge fluted; two perforations; semitranslucent, mottled yellowish green and tan; almost covered with earth encrustation. (Tool marks and chip on one surface.)

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
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Credit lineDecorative fitting for an ornamental comb. ca. 3300-2250 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
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