Ornament, Hair

Name/Title

Ornament, Hair

Description

Ivory or bone hair comb ornament, curved rectangle of bone has eighteen teth at one end. A line is incised across the front and back. Inside curved is incised lightly with a square in which diagonal lines have been made from opposite corner to opposite corner creating an "X" shape. Helen N.P. Pardee Collection Catalog: "166 - Back comb made from walrus ivory"

Dimensions

Width

3.5 cm

Length

5.2 cm

Material

Bone or Ivory