Artwork : ArchiveNo00150

Comb 1545

ContributionForm
Contributor Name	Mary Rose
Contributor Image	Andy_Elkerton.jpg
Profession
Location	Portsea
Collection Date	06.06.08 2.10pm
Artefact Name	Comb
Artefact Description	The object is made of boxwood. Good condition. Two-sided and light brown in colour. One side with fine teeth (to get rid of fleas / lice!) and the other has wide teeth. 9.4 x 6.7cm
Artefact Date	1545
Artefact Stored	Mary Rose store
Artefact Form
Artefact Image	Comb.jpg
Sample Taken	Chip from middle tooth of comb
Sample Image
History of Artefact	Most people on the ship would have had one of these. Approximately seventy combs were found – some still had knits in them! The Mary Rose Trust was formed in 1979. There were six hundred people on the ship. It was found at the bow of the ship on the Orlop deck. It was found in the 1978 excavation. The Mary Rose Trust was formed in 1979.
Historian	Andy Elkerton
Previous Owners	A seaman
Special Memories
Artwork Image	00150_lwb.jpg

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