Comb, fine wooden teeth

Made:
1860-1930

Comb, fine wooden teeth, bound with wool thread to strip cane handle, disintegrating, Peruvian, 1860-1930; 'A' card describes the teeth of this comb as small fish bone(?)

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A167564
Materials:
wood, teeth, cane and wool, thread
type:
comb - grooming tool
credit:
Puttick and Simpson Limited