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Dear Ian,<BR> <BR>This is a very interesting piece. The teeth were deliberately removed? I have seen this only a few times, but the comb was then used as a singled sided comb. Holes can also indicate a repair, but that doesn't seem to be the case for this comb. <BR>For Dutch combs from the 17th/18th century see:<BR><br><a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/454786w520h27327/?MUD=MP">http://www.springerlink.com/content/454786w520h27327/?MUD=MP</a><BR> <BR>Best wishes,<BR> <BR>Marloes <BR><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:30:06 +0100<br>From: trzaska@lineone.net<br>To: bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<br>Subject: [Bonetools] Fw: London Adapted Object<br><br><pre> <br> <br> <br> <br>Marit Gaimster has passed on to me details of this ivory comb from a recent excavation in <br>London. <br>It was found in a context with medieval material but is likely to be a little later in <br>date. At <br> <br>first sight it is an ordinary comb, for which the teeth are now missing. However, a series of <br> <br>evenly–spaced holes have been drilled into it and the end has been modified. Is this a case of a <br> <br>comb being adapted for a secondary use, possibly as a winder for thread ? Or did it have some <br>other <br> <br>(secondary) function ?<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>Ian Riddler<br> <br> <br></pre><br>_______________________________________________
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