Comb

1973.2.195

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Wooden double tooth hair comb. Complete but crudely made. Straight sides. CONDITION NOTE 1998: Incomplete, spongy, surface dirt. Wellcome Historical Medical Museum accession no. 194959: SINGLE COMB. Wood. 3 3/8" x 3 1/8". (Rustafjaell and Martyn Kennard collections) Egypt". Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 3-4 March 1931, Lot 48/6: "Two Double Combs; another, 9 1/2 in. long, incised with annulets; two Single Combs, all in wood or bone; and a Toilette Tray in the shape of a fish, in wood *From the Rustafjaell and Martyn Kennard collections.".