Miniature bone comb, possibly a beard or moustache comb, from Kettleburn, Caithness

Comb, from Brough of Birsay, Orkney

Comb, from Brough of Birsay, Orkney

Incomplete comb from Brough of Birsay, Orkney

Small comb of bone, single-edged with incised decoration, used to comb a beard or moustache, from Langbank Crannog, Renfrewshire, 0 - 200 AD

Composite comb of bone or antler, hog-backed, from Jarlshof, Shetland

Comb from Jarlshof, Shetland

Portion of a single-edged bone comb, from Aalzum, Friesland, Netherlands

Back of a bone comb from Aalzum, Friesland, Netherlands

Teeth from a bone comb from Aalzum, Friesland, Netherlands

Curved back of a single-edged bone comb, from Terp Mound, Aalzum, Netherlands

Comb of bone from Freswick Links, Caithness, Viking period, 800 - 1100 AD

Comb of bone from Freswick Links, Caithness, Viking period, 800 - 1100 AD

Composite bone comb with iron rivets, one end missing, the back plates outlined by two incised lines, from a grave of a woman and infant, Westness, Orkney

Sectioned combustion chamber and flame tube for a Derwent aero jet engine

Comb or tarak from a bridal set, of white bone with silver band applied over central spine, silver worked in relief in embossed and stamped techniques with repeated small rosettes between overlapping foliage scrolls: Turkey, Istanbul, by Manuk Gulludere, 1991