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Long comb

Part of the collection: Middle Ages

Popularization note

A bone comb from the turn of the 12th - 13th century, discovered in Szczecin's Podzamcze during excavations in quarter V. The comb was made from a split animal bone, probably the long metatarsal cattle bone. Six approximately eight cm-long teeth were cut with a saw, and the surface was roughened with a knife. Above the teeth, there is a hole for hanging. The difficult-to-make object was made in a specialised workshop for working antler and bone. Combs of this type are most often interpreted as weaving combs, used for pressing warp threads to the weft on a vertical loom. Sometimes it is considered possible to use them for combing wool or flax, i.e., for pre-cleaning animal and vegetable raw material from more significant impurities before spinning, i.e., producing threads used later for making fabrics, sewing or knitting. Because of their ambiguous function, they are often referred to simply as "long combs". The chronology of the occurrence of the specific combs in the case of Szczecin is contained in the short period from the late 12th to the early 14th centuries.

Sławomir Słowiński

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Other names

weaving comb

Author / creator

unknown (craftsman)

Dimensions

cały obiekt: height: 13 cm, width: 2.8 cm

Object type

comb, weaving equipment

Technique

grinding, drilling, carving, cutting

Creation time / dating

1176 — 1225

Creation / finding place

znalezienie: Szczecin (województwo zachodniopomorskie)

Owner

Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie

Identification number

MNS/A/21473

Location / status

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