Ivory fragment (tooth of comb?)

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Object Number 14-63-50/B538

Display Title Ivory fragment (tooth of comb?)

Descriptions

Inventory Description Organic, utilized bone, cylindrical shaft, broken

Classification

Utilized bone

Department Archaeological

Culture

Predynastic
Egyptian

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Egypt

Additional Geographic Terms Keneh; Mesaeed

Materials Bone

Dimensions Overall: 3.6 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm (1 7/16 x 1/8 x 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	14-63-50/B556	Fragment of ivory comb	Comb	Egypt
	15-12-50/B1436	Fragment of ivory pin	Utilized bone	Sheykh Farrag Kerma
	15-12-50/B1438	Fragments of ivory pin	Utilized bone	Kerma Mesaeed
	15-12-50/B1437	Fragments of ivory pin	Utilized bone	Kerma Mesaeed
	15-12-50/B1439	Fragments of ivory pin	Utilized bone	Mesaeed Kerma
	14-63-50/B555	Ivory comb (double)	Comb	Egypt
	14-63-50/B549	Ivory comb	Comb	Egypt
Image Not Available for Ivory comb, perforated	50-45-10/32922	Ivory comb, perforated	Comb	Seklowaghataget
	50-45-10/32921	Ivory comb, 6 tines (all broken), perforated	Comb	St. Lawrence Island
Image Not Available for Fragments of ivory comb	14-63-50/B558	Fragments of ivory comb		Egypt
	46-22-60/8200	Ivory comb or weaving instrument; Comb cut from tusk of mammoth	Comb	Siberia
	2008.22.1942	Black synthetic fragment; possible comb tooth	Synthetic	Harvard Yard

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