Comb

Description

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

Museum reference

X.IL 677

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Comb

Date

9th - 11th century

Materials

Bone

Physical description

Bone; single edged; most of teeth missing; fastening platesornamented with three parallel grooves and held by two rowseach of twenty one bronze rivets; at one end two holes, onehole at the other

Collection place(s)

Freswick Links, Caithness, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Archaeology of South-East Caithness in Context (16 Jun 2008 - 15 Jun 2011)
  Dunbeath Preservation Trust

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record