161b: Ivory Comb

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/21/2
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 17.4 x 10.6 cm
Scope and Content Ink illustrations of the front and back of an ivory comb. The front depicts a Pegasus, while the back has geometric patterns. The teeth are all broken apart from the thicker ones at the ends; on the top (front) image, the original length of the teeth is shown with a dashed line. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Ivory combs: date from c. 750 to 500 B.C."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Carvings in ivory and bone"
Related records [1936/1/5/21], 161: Ivory Combs