Carved wooden comb with decorated crescent-shaped handle carved with Islamic script

Made:
1801-1910
Carved wooden comb with decorated crescent-shaped handle carved

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Carved wooden comb with decorated crescent-shaped handle carved
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Carved wooden comb with decorated crescent-shaped handle carved with Islamic script, dentated band round handle, from Middle East, 1801-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A75304
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
length 102 mm
width 68 mm
type:
comb - grooming tool
credit:
Stead

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