Combs series

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This series is listed in the Black book, it relates to combs and mirrors apparently displayed in Case 2 at Bethnal Green Museum and South Kensington Museum. Note that Case 1 appears to have contained the physical anthropology specimens discussed in Part 1 of the published catalogue which underlines the fact that Pitt-Rivers obviously wanted to publish details of the weaponry collections over other kinds of artefacts.

Black book number	PRM Accession number	Black book entry
Black 1731	1884.71.47	Case 2 1731 Comb formed of the teeth and part of the jaw of a porpoise Locality not known p133
Black 1732	1884.71.60	Case 2 1732 Comb Malambo W Africa wood p133 Added Black book entry - ?Malembo in Lower Guinea
Black 1733	1884.71.65	Case 2 1733 Comb wood N Zealand p133
Black 1734	1884.71.59	Case 2 1734 Comb wood locality not known p133
Black 1735	1884.140.870	Case 2 1735 Comb New Caledonia p183 Added Black book entry - Admiralty Ids
Black 1736	1884.71.44	Case 2 1736 Comb Assam p133
Black 1737	1884.71.34	Case 2 1737 Comb teeth fastened with grass p 133 Added Black book entry - Samoa
Black 1738	1884.71.45	Case 2 1738 Comb Is of Timor Malay archipelago p 133
Black 1739	1884.71.67	Case 2 1739 Comb tortoiseshell Is of Timor Malay archipelago
Black 1740	1884.71.27	Case 2 1740 Comb and snuff taker ivory Kaffir p133
Black 1741	Not matched	Case 2 1741 Comb used as a hair ornament wood Fiji
Black 1742	Not matched	1742 Case 2 comb inlaid wood India p133
Black 1743	1884.71.54	Case 2 1743 and 1744 Combs ancient Anglo Saxon wood p133
Black 1744	1884.71.55	Case 2 1743 and 1744 Combs ancient Anglo Saxon wood p133
Black 1745	1884.71.10-13	Combs. 1745 [insert] 4 [end insert] hair pins, ivory. Central Africa. Obtd by Petherick. [insert] 1884.71.10 + 11 + 12 + 13 [end insert].
Black 1746	1884.71.80 .1 1884.71.80 .2	Case 2 1746 Comb double toothed wood Japan p133
Black 1747	1884.71.75	Case 2 1747 Comb double toothed Chili [sic]
Black 1748
Black 1749	1884.71.70	Case 2 1749 Fragment of ancient wood double toothed comb found in bogs Co Antrim p133
Black 1750	1884.71.72	Case 2 1750 Comb double toothed wood ancient Roman p133
Black 1751	1884.71.71	Case 2 1751 Fragment of ancient double toothed comb ivory probably Roman p133
Black 1752	1884.71.73	Case 2 1752 Comb double toothed ivory ancient Denmark p133
Black 1753	1884.85.1-9	Case 88 1753 Set of comb like instruments used in tattooing Tahiti 3163
Black 1754	1884.70.19	Case 88 1754 Mirror polished iron pyrites Xochicalio Mexico 3714
Black 1755	1884.70.13	Case 88 1755 Mirror bronze Greek Is of Cyprus 3717
Black 1755a	1884.70.14	1755a Mirror silver Is of Cyprus 3159
Black 1756	1884.70.12	Case 88 1756 Mirror bronze on stand Roman 3722
Black 1757	Not matched	Case 88 1757 Mirror bronze Chinese (lacquer cracked) 3093
Black 1758	1884.70.21 .1 1884.70.21 .2	Case 88 1758 Mirror with deity on cover Indian 3158
Black book page 75a	1884.71.62, 74	Ag 7456d Two combs wood (3443)
Black book page 75a ?	1884.71.30	Ag 7985 Comb black and white cane bound with thread (3443)
Black book page 75a [6]	1884.71.58	15.10.75 Persian comb p133
Black book page 75a [Ag 7052]	1884.64.35	Ag 7052 Tortoiseshell comb New Guinea (1732)
Black book page 75a [Ag 7456d]	1884.71.37	Ag 7456d 4 combs Fiji (3443)
Black book page 75a [Ag 7456d]	1884.71.46	Ag 7456d Comb Congo River W Africa (3443)
Black book page 75a [Ag 7456d]	1884.71.50	Ag 7456d Iron comb W Africa (3443)
Black book page 75a [Ag 7456d]	1884.71.81 .1-2	Ag 7456d Japanese comb (3443)
Black book page 75a [Ag 7985]	1884.71.31	Ag 7985 [1 of] 2 combs ornamented Solomon Is (3354)
Black book page 75a [Ag 7985]	1884.71.77	Ag 7985 Persian comb with painted and gilt ornament 3443
Black book page 75a [Ag 7985] ?	1884.71.76	Ag 7985 Turkish comb with Turkish inscription in gold (3443)
Black book page 75a [Ag 5594][3]	Not matched	Ag 5594 5.9.76 Richly carved tortoiseshell comb, broken, two portions detached
Black book page 75a [Ag 7052]	Not matched	Ag 7052 Combs of straw, wood and cane Fiji (3443)
Black book page 85a [Ag 7456d]	Not matched	Ag 7456d 4 combs Fiji (3443)

AP, March 2011.

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