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2002.91.6

Double-headed comb, the narrow wooden prongs being secured to a central wooden bar with string wrapping. [JP 2/10/2003]

2002.91.6

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Collection type
Object
Description
Double-headed comb, the narrow wooden prongs being secured to a central wooden bar with string wrapping. [JP 2/10/2003]
Person
Field collector E.R. Jones
Field collector Mrs E.R. Jones
Field collector Evan Rhys Jones
Field collector Elizabeth Jones
PRM source H.B. Jones
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1915
Date collected
1910 - 1915
Acquisition information
Donated: 2002
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material String, Process Carved, Process Wound
Dimensions
Width: max 86 mm, Length: max 84 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2002.91.6
Research and responses

Related Documents File - Correspondence and handlist of the entire collection, including details of objects given to the Museum Handling Collection. [JP 25/9/2003]

Full name of Dr E.R. Jones possibly Evan Rhys Jones, see records at Regent's Park College Angus Library and Archive which suggest he worked in Africa between 1910 and 1920 with his wife Elizabeth. They were Baptist missionaries and medical staff [AP 21/7/2016]

Search terms: Toilet, Comb

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