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Comb

Description

Comb, from Brough of Birsay, Orkney

Museum reference

X.HB 197

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Comb

Materials

Horn

Physical description

Horn; hair comb; double sided; convex connecting plates; bevelled ends; six iron rives; ? teeth graduated; decoration dot in double circle; suspension hole at each end

Collection place(s)

Brough of Birsay, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

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