157d: Ivory Comb

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/17/4
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 24.8 x 17.2 cm
Scope and Content An ink illustration of two semi-circles, with the lower flat edges having the top teeth of a comb visible. The upper semicircle contains a boar, the lower has an unidentified animal. Some sections, shown by dotted lines, are recreated and not part of the surviving object. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Ivory comb: compare originals in Case B."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Carvings in ivory and bone"
Related records [1936/1/5/17], 157: Ivory plaques and ivory comb