Context (Display)
A-B previously mounted on a board with a label reading: 'Combs (wooden). El Arabah, Upper Egypt, 1900. The Baron Anatole von Hugel (A. 1900.45 A-B).'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Egypt Exploration Fund
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1900.425 A-B: 'A plain double - wooden comb; and (b) a smaller with dot & ring pattern on central band.'
Event Date 1900
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Record for 1900.425 A-B: 'Double-ended combs'
Event Date 29/5/1991
Author: maa

Context (References)
Ashton, Sally-Ann. (2013). 6,000 Years of African Combs. Cambridge: The Fitzwilliam Museum.
Event Date 2013
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Amendments / updates)
Both these combs were previously identified as Roman. Dr Sally-Ann Ashton has now dated them to the Late Antique period (400-550 AD) for the Afro Combs exhibition, and the Period field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 11/7/2013
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Display)
Displayed in the 'Origins of the Afro Comb' exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, 2 July - 3 November 2013.
Event Date 2/7/2013
Author: Imogen Gunn