- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden comb with 9 teeth, semi-circular top, with carved projection. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 2/2/2006]
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Possibly before 1878
- Date collected
- ?Prior to 1878
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 191 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.71.62
Search terms: Ornament, Toilet, Comb, Hair Ornament, Toilet Article
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