[Bonetools] object 16/17th c

[Steve Ashby]

Hi Marloes,

Just to clarify; this is not a standard composite comb, but rather what MacGregor refers to as a 'riveted mount', and Biddle calls a 'horn and bone comb'. The toothplate would be a single piece of horn or (perhaps) wood. There is a complete (roman) example from York, and another from late saxon london.  Finds of the connecting plate alone like this are common in English towns between 10th and 12th C (see particularly winchester and thetford); hence my question about context and residuality. Your example fits this type very well, but it is the first I have seen outside the British Isles. Type 4 in my classification.

Steve
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