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Early Medieval bone comb
Composite comb; both ends missing. Four tooth plates sandwiched between two side panels which are D-shaped in section. Series of regular cutmarks run along underside where the teeth would have been. Three pegs in situ with a partial hole for a fourth, now missing. One incompete tooth (unattached).
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
91.5H/3.2
Find Information
Site Name: Llangorse Crannog, Llangors
Grid Reference: SO1327
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1990
Acquisition
Donation, 16/1/1991
Measurements
length / mm:93.1
depth / mm:22.3
thickness / mm:11
weight / g:17.9
Material
bone
Techniques
sawn
Location
currently on loan
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