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Comb

Description

An Anglo-Saxon bone comb, unornamented, with strenghtening pates on either side and six iron rivets; 57 teeth on both sides. About 6th-century AD.

  • Object number

    STRST : SBT 2004-65/314

  • Date

    501-600

  • Material

    bone metal iron

  • Measurements

  • Length

    134 mm

  • Width

    46 mm

  • Credit line

    CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust