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Caption

Coptic. Double Comb, 5th century C.E.. Ivory, 3 1/2 × 2 3/16 × 1/4 in. (8.9 × 5.5 × 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.168. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Culture

Coptic

Title

Double Comb

Date

5th century C.E.

Period

Late Antique Period

Geography

Place made: Egypt

Medium

Ivory

Classification

Cosmetic

Dimensions

3 1/2 × 2 3/16 × 1/4 in. (8.9 × 5.5 × 0.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

Accession Number

16.168

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