Hair comb in the form of a coronet, on three strawberry leaves between four balls of jet on a gilt metal frame, worn by Mrs Craig of Edinburgh

Double-sided, composite bone hair comb, from Freswick Sands, Caithness

Hair comb of bone, single-sided composite with openwork pattern and incised ring-and-dots, from Dun Cuier, Barra, 600 - 800 AD

Double-sided, composite bone hair comb with plates decorated with dot-in-circle motif, from Freswick Links, Caithness, 1275 - 1300 AD

Hair comb of light brown wood cut from a flat rectangular piece of wood, with thirty-three pointed teeth between thicker end pieces: Ancient Egyptian, New Kingdom

Hair comb in light brown wood cut from a rectangular piece of wood, with thirty-nine fine teeth: Ancient Egyptian, probably Roman Period

Hair comb in light brown acacia wood with fourteen pointed teeth between thicker end-pieces: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Sedment, Tomb 275, 18th Dynasty, c.1550-1295 BC

Hair comb made of a grass: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, early - mid 19th century

Hair comb made of a grass: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, early - mid 19th century

Women's aigrette or hair accessory, with three-pronged plastic imitation turtleshell comb and diamond-shaped metal filigree clasp backed by green fabric and holding a spray of pale blue horsehair, plastic or glass strands: probably British, c. 1920s