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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0002-0007   CAS 2002-0002-0007; Comb
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Comb
Culture Chinese
Global Region East Asia
Country China
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950-1970
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Ivory
Description Double sided comb made by sandwiching very thinly carved wooden teeth between pair of ivory bars and securing them with additional ivory pieces at each end and gluing component parts together; Floral and bird motifs are painted on one ivory bar and Chinese text is written on opposite face.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.9, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 4.1