Comb

Name: Comb

Description: Fragment of a comb with very fine teeth. It was made from a massive bone plate carved to the shape of a T, with pointy teeth carved at the end of each side.

Materials: Bone

Chronology: 12th century

Provenance: House of the Lanternim

Location: Museum of Mértola

Bibliography: GÓMEZ MARTÍNEZ, Susana (ed.) (2011) - Os signos do quotidiano: gestos, marcas e símbolos no Al-Ândalus. Mértola: Campo Arqueológico, p. 59.