Double-sided wooden comb

Made:: 100 BCE-400 CE

Double-sided wooden comb, some teeth damaged, Coptic(?)

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Double-sided wooden comb, some teeth damaged, Coptic(?)
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Double-sided wooden comb, some teeth damaged, Coptic(?), Eghptian, 100BC to 400AD

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Category:: Classical & Medieval Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A658552

Materials:: wood

Measurements:: length 99 mm
width 56 mm
centre: thickness 14 mm

type:: comb - grooming tool

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