- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Comb carved out of thin wood, with long handle incised with geometric patterns and openwork in the upper part. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 2/2/2006]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1938
- Date collected
- By 1938
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1954
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Openwork
- Dimensions
- Length: max 388 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1954.8.76 Other numbers: 4661
Search terms: Toilet, Ornament, Comb, Toilet Article, Hair Ornament
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