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Description: | An incomplete Late Medieval to Post Medieval wooden comb (15th ?? 17th centuries). The one-piece comb has been formed from a single piece of wood, probably boxwood, suggested by the comb??s fine grain and the excellent preservation, as boxwood doesn??t warp after it has been seasoned. That boxwood was most frequently the material of choice for such combs during the 16th century supports this interpretation (MacGregor 1985). The comb is double-sided, with a set of coarse teeth on one side of a central reserve and a set of fine teeth on the other. The elliptical section of the comb means that although the teeth are slender in profile, from front to back they are considerably wider. The central reserve of the comb has been left undecorated. One of the comb??s end sections has been lost. The remaining lentoid section is undecorated but has been sanded into a finely curved ellipsis, with its widest point meeting the middle of the central reserve.
Dimensions: Length: 53.47mm; width: 70.86mm; thickness: 8.57mm; weight: 11.37g.
Reference: MacGregor, A. (1985) Bone, Antler, Ivory & Horn: The Technology of Skeletal Materials Since the Roman Period. London: Croom Helm | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Sumnall, Kate - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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