- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bamboo comb of curved shape with 6 teeth, engraved with triangles, zigzags and other geometric designs. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 3/2/2006]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1873
- Date collected
- August 18 - 28 1873
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1921
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Width: max 42 mm, Length: max 263 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1921.93.179
Search terms: Toilet, Ornament, Comb, Hair Ornament, Toilet Article
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