Hot comb / pressing comb

CTL-E-1336 · Work · other · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Object biography (11 documented links). Full chain in object-biographies.json.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from LIFE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-LIFE-001:CTL-LIFE-E-076; source research type(s): object. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2011.59.48ab (primary source)
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/sizzle
http://www.essence.com/news/hot-comb-smithsonian-museum-african-american-history/

Record CTL-E-1336 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 3 sources (1 primary) · CTL research: LIFE-001.
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