- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Comb of bamboo, the top incised and blackened with geometric patterns. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/2/2006]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1934
- Date collected
- 1934
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1954
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Process Incised, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 180 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1954.8.111 Other numbers: 3716
Search terms: Toilet, Ornament, Comb, Toilet Article, Hair Ornament
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