Combs
- Museum number:
- 7-5388a,b
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21075388a@2cb
- Accession number:
- Acc.2391
- Description:
- Pair of combs (greben) for carding wool. Wooden handle reinforced with metal. Foundation reinforced with metal and horn. Double row of long teeth made of pointed metal nails. Chevron pattern design burned into wood. A) 23.5 cm; B) 23 cm.
- Donor:
- University Appropriation and William G. Lockwood
- Collection place:
- Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Culture or time period:
- Bosniaks and Romani people
- Collector:
- William G. Lockwood
- Collection date:
- January 24, 1968
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Combs (grooming tools)
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Accession date:
- 1968
- Context of use:
- used to comb wool prior to spinning
- Department:
- Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
- Dimensions:
- B)— length 23 centimeters and A)— length 23.5 centimeters
- Comment:
- see file card for more details
- Loans:
- S1970-1971 #147: University of Washington (June 23, 1971–October 8, 1971)
- Legacy documentation:
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