| Object ID |
T0024 |
| Object Name |
Effigy Comb |
| Description |
Seneca Horse Effigy Comb;
Medium/Materials: Moose or elk antler;
Marks: On reverse, in black ink: "336 H78"; right proper corner front near base of carving there are finely incised lines in a crosshatch pattern with a horizontal line running through the center.; |
| Dimensions |
H-4 W-3 inches |
| Early Date |
1670 |
| Late Date |
1687 |
| Medium |
Moose or elk antler |
| Place of Origin |
Victor, Ontario County, NY, USA |
| People |
Seneca Iroquois/ |
| Provenance |
(1) Harry L. Schoff. Recovered from Boughton Hill site (1670-1687) or Fort Hill sites in Victor, New York in 1930s.;
(2) Lester and Clarence Bill, Canandaigua, New York.;
(3) F. Llewylyn Casterline (1897-1983). Belmont, New York.;
(4) Jonathan Holstein. Cazenovia, New York.;
(5) Eugene V. Thaw 1990.
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| History |
Scholarly Attributions:
Letter from George Hamell - 16 April 1994 - "I had seen this comb and, I believe, the following combs [W009 [T25], W010 [T264]], when they were in the possession of Lew Casterline. How problematic is their attribution to the Boughton Hill site? Note, they are undoubtedly not from the adjacent Fort Hill site, which has produced little cultural material and certainly no burials which were the probable archeological contexts of these combs. For some reason, I recall that these combs were excavated from a post-Boughton Hill site - perhaps the one which Clarence Bill himself owned. I recommend further research of their provenance in the notes of Charles F. Wray and Donald G. Cameron at the Rochester Museum and Science Center." |
| Used |
Seneca Iroquois |
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