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Medieval bone comb
Fragment of a comb plate with two iron fixings and cut marks for teeth surviving. Teeth perhaps deliberately cut back for secondary use.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2005.25H/5.4
Find Information
Site Name: Hen Domen, Powys
Grid Reference: SO 213 980
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1976
Notes: Found on the motte.
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
length / mm:41.2
maximum width / mm:13.5
width / mm
thickness / mm:2.8 (plate)
thickness / mm:8.1 (largest of rivets)
weight / g:1.3
Material
bone
Techniques
cut
rivetted
Location
In store
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