Bone Double-Sided Dressing Comb

Two fragments from a small bone (or less likely wood) one-piece double-sided dressing/lice comb. The fragments of the comb do not mend but are likely from the same comb. The teeth appear very fine on both sides of the comb, but many of the teeth are missing..

• Object number

  174.40

• Dimensions

  Width 1.52 inches

  Thickness 0.10 inches

• Animals/objects

  Dressing Comb

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Fauna

• Material

  Bone

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut F, Landfill: Gray and Tan Sand with Shell Below Rocks (624.174)

• Forms

  Incomplete

• Techniques

  Cut/Carved