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Double-Sided Comb

Date:: 7th century
Geography:: Made in Niederbreisig, Germany
Culture:: Frankish
Medium:: Bone, iron pins
Dimensions:: Overall: 4 13/16 x 1 15/16 x 9/16 in. (12.3 x 5 x 1.5 cm)
Classification:: Ivories
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.193.298

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Provenance

Friedrich Queckenberg, Niederbreisig, Germany; Joseph Queckenberg, Niederbreisig, Germany; J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (until 1917)
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What
Metal (59,364)

Iron and iron alloy (6,952)

Bone (6,328)

Ivory (5,389)

Iron (3,753)

Pins (1,471)

Combs (285)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Germany (15,865)
When
A.D. 500-1000 (6,672)
In the Museum
Medieval Art (6,712)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Central Europe (including Germany), 500–1000 A.D.

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