- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Double-ended comb of dark wood with incised designs of concentric circles. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 31/1/2006]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source The Council of Cheltenham Ladies College
- PRM source Cheltenham Ladies College
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1940
- Date collected
- By 1940
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1940
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length: max 250 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1940.7.0364
Search terms: Toilet, Ornament, Comb, Toilet Article, Hair Ornament
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