Tag: Hygiene

Sophistication in Colonial America: Combs

Jason FitzGerald // AMH 4112.001 – The Atlantic World, 1400-1900 The concept of colonial America being a rural environment when compared to a richly expanding British empire probably sticks in most people’s minds when discussing the finer things of life and items made with elaborate materials.  The comb, a very common instrument, holds little value […]

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