- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Mammoth ivory double comb.
- Long description
- Mammoth ivory double comb, decorated with a carved geometric arrow-like design [JU 23/07/2014]
- Person
- Field collector Maria Antonina Czaplicka
- PRM source Maria Antonina Czaplicka
- PRM source Committee for Anthropology, University of Oxford
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1914
- Date collected
- 1914
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1915
- Materials and processes
- Material Mammoth Ivory Tooth Animal
- Dimensions
- Length: max 84 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1915.50.77
Search terms: Toilet, Ornament, Comb, Toilet Article, Hair Ornament
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