carding-comb
- Museum number
- EA71922
- Description
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Wooden carding comb made in one piece, subsequently broken in two. Handle tapers towards the head which has 34 teeth including the end stops. Incised ornament on both faces of the head, double incised lines forming an 'X', two lines across the head immediately adjacent to the handle and a zig-zag line extending up the handle.
- Dimensions
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Length: 23.70 centimetres
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Thickness: 1.70 centimetres
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Width: 15.40 centimetres (max.)
- Location
- On display (G65/dc18)
- Condition
- good, repaired
- Acquisition date
- 1989
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA71922
- Registration number
- 1990,0127.105
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: QI.78.2.15/11
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Miscellaneous number: QI.78/502