Predynastic Ivory Comb, Petrie Museum, London3D ModelNoAI
UC4308 Human headed carved ivory comb in the collections of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London (UC4308). The following is from the catalogue entry for the object in the Petrie’s online catalogue:
UC4308 Ivory comb with double-faced human head; lines of dots; teeth broken. Hippopotamus ivory. From Naqada Tomb 1411 Place: NaqadaEgypt Period: Naqada I Materials: ivory (hippopotamus) Publications: Petrie, William Matthew Flinders. Naqada and Ballas: 1895. p. 28, pl. LIX, 1 Sally-Ann Ashton. Origins of the Afro Comb, 6,000 Years of Culture, Politics and Identity. 11, fig.4 Petrie, William Matthew Flinders. Prehistoric Egypt. Capart, Jean. Primitive Art in Egypt. p. 75, fig 40
Created from 219 photographs (Canon EOS Rebel T5i) using Metashape 1.5.5. Photographed in July 2018 at the Petrie Museum through the kind permission and assitance of Anna Garnett and the rest of the Petrie Staff.
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