- Tortoiseshell comb from South America
- South America
- Argentina
- Width : 5 1/8 inch
- Height : 7 3/4 inch
- Depth : 1/8 inch
- Moulded tortoiseshell comb, pierced with scroll and butterfly motif. Generally, the design of South American combs is not carved, but it is difficult to determine accurately their origin. Anyway, Buenos Aires was a center of production in the 19s c.
