Prehistoric — Iron Age; 700 BC - AD 50
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Iron Age bone weaving comb made from bone. Such combs are traditionally thought to have been used to beat down the weft threads on upright looms. This comb is decorated with two bands of diagonal incised lines.
weaving comb
bone
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