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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0002-0011   CAS 2002-0002-0011; 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 Bamboo
Description Elongated rectangular comb made by sandwiching row of carved bamboo teeth between two bamboo bars and gluing the component parts together; Grass or grain stem is stamped in black ink on one face and Chinese text with number “222” is stamped on opposite face.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.9, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 15.1