- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Comb from grave made out of a piece of hard wood. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/12/2004]
- Geographical reference
- La Rioja Province
- Person
- Field collector Henry Davis Hoskold
- Field collector Carlos Alfred Lynes or Lines Hoskold
- PRM source The Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club
- Date
- Date collected
- 1882 - 1886
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1938 Donated: 2002
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 88 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1947.7.078
- Research and responses
See RDF for letter dated 7 October 2002 giving the agreement of the Council of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club to the outright donation of the objects previously on loan [AP 10/10/2002]
Search terms: Toilet, Death, Religion, Ornament, Comb, Grave Good, Toilet Article, Hair Ornament
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