[Bonetools] Beading on comb teeth

[Tonya Largy]

Could someone send a photo of a comb with "beading" on the teeth?  This 
is a new concept to me.

Thank you,

Tonya Largy

Alice Choyke wrote:
> One thingI can say that the notching or beading on 
> bone/antler/horn/ivory combs seems to start seriously developing after 
> ten years. I have an example of  daily use by a single individual (I 
> will send you my comb article) with long hair who used the comb (bone) 
> primarily to clean her hair of grit after a day in the fields. Her 
> family had another comb (this one of horn) which was used for similar 
> purposes by everyone in the family for about 20 years and then by the 
> mother alone for another 20 before being put away. That one has very 
> pronounced 'beading' on it. I think the lesson to draw is that 
> specialists have seriously underestimated the length of time such 
> objects were used in the past. If I forget to send my article remind me.
>  
> Best,
> Alice
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Anne Brundle 
> <Anne.brundle at orkney.gov.uk <mailto:Anne.brundle at orkney.gov.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Does anyone on the list know of any studies of how quickly the
>     teeth of bone or antler toilet combs may become beaded? And might
>     the way hair was treated make a difference to the extent of wear?
>     Sorry if this is a perennial question, I only just joined!
>
>      
>
>     Thanks
>
>     Anne
>
>      
>
>     Anne Brundle
>
>     Curator of Archaeology
>
>     The Orkney Museum
>
>      
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