Double comb with separate wooden teeth, bound with cotton yarn that is coated with dried mud. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 14/12/2004]

Collection type: Object
Description: Double comb with separate wooden teeth, bound with cotton yarn that is coated with dried mud. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 14/12/2004]
Geographical reference: Chile
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Chile; Río Loa Quillagua
Person: Field collector Mrs Jones; PRM source Mrs Jones
Date / Period: Date made: 1000 - 1470 Date made: Regional Development Period
Date collected: By 1933
Acquisition information: Donated: 1933
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Yarn Plant, Material Earth, Material Wood Plant, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 52 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1933.24.48
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Report by Sabine Pusch A Grave Group From Quillagua, Northern Chile, 1988. Contains an analysis of the collection, including diagrams, designed to ascertain the collection's archaeological context. [EB 3/12/2001]
Associated publications: Pusch, S. 1988. A Grave group from Quillagua, Northern Chile. Unpublished undergraduate dissertation, Institute of Archaeology, UCL. On file at PRM, RDF for 1933.24. [Dan Hicks 27/09/2012]