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Description: | A fragment of an ivory comb or hair-piece of probable Post-Medieval date (AD 1500 ? AD 1700). Length 59mm, width 11mm and 3.6mm thick. Weight 2.17g.
This object is probably a one-piece single sided comb. In plan, it is slightly curved with parallel sides and the surviving part is pointed-oval in cross-section. One side has a finished smooth edge and the opposite has closely spaced denticulations, the vestigal remains of the narrow teeth. At each end is an old break. There were seven teeth per centimetre.
The comb was found on the surface of cultivated land. It was dry when found and the surfaces are laminated. Each surface has a green tinge. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1500
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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