- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden comb with close-set teeth decorated with silver pigment dotted ring design on both surfaces. [SM (Verve) 09/02/2015]
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1884
- Date collected
- Prior to 1884
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Silver Metal, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Inlaid, Process Sawn
- Dimensions
- Length: max 122 mm, Width: max 44 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.71.56
Search terms: Ornament, Toilet, Comb, Hair Ornament, Toilet Article
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