- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden hair comb with feather tassle at one end. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 16/12/2004]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1896
- Date collected
- By 1896
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1896
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Bird Feather, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Bound
- Dimensions
- Length: max 380 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1896.33.15
Search terms: Ornament, Toilet, Comb, Toilet Article, Hair Ornament
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