Overview
- Brief Narrative
- The hair comb belonged to an unnamed Sinti woman. The woman who owned this comb was a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The comb was safeguarded by her family while she was in the camps.
- Date
-
use:
approximately 1930-1939
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Melanie Spitta
Physical Details
- Classification
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Personal Equipment and Supplies
- Object Type
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Ornamental combs (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Brown comb with two-dimensional silver rose embedded into upper portion; two teeth; horn or plastic, silver;
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Depth: 2.010 inches (5.105 cm)
- Materials
- overall : horn, silver
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The comb was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Melanie Keck Spitta.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-15 09:26:51
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1137
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