Double-ended horn comb

Made:: 1801-1910

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Double-ended horn comb
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Double-ended horn comb, approximately T-shaped with close prongs one end and thicker radiating prongs, one broken, other end, inscribed Turkestan, from Middle East, 1801-1910

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A658135

Materials:: horn

type:: comb - grooming tool

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Double-ended horn comb

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