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Comb Decorated with Carved Circles (Side A, in gallery)
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The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Wooden comb whose central section is decorated with a pattern of carved circles. Larger circles from an X, while groups of three smaller circles fill the spaces between the "legs" of the X. On one end the comb's teeth are large, on the other small.
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Details
- Title: Comb Decorated with Carved Circles (Side A, in gallery)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 4th century A.D.
- Location Created: Egypt
- Physical Dimensions: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
- Type: Comb
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Wood
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 82.AI.76.31
- Culture: Romano-Egyptian
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Implements (Object Genre)
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