Scottish Bone Comb for Heckling Flax, Neolithic
- Made:
- 9000-2700 BCE in Thrumster
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Bone comb from Scotland, probably used for heckling flax, Neolithic.
Details
- Category:
- Textiles Machinery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1981-2094
- Materials:
- bone and incomplete
- Measurements:
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overall: 9 x 128 x 35 mm
weight: 0.3kg
weight: 0.66139lbs
- type:
- combs, textile working equipment and hand tools
- credit:
- On loan from the Wellcome Trust
