Comb (uncertain)
60-14-87
From: Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 60-14-87 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Bone |
| Description | long rectangular shaped object with rounded corners and serrated comb like edge parts of which are broken, curved along long axis, concave side polished and plain, convex side decorated by by incising and rubbing with red and black pigment, design in three panels, largest contaons a curvilinear motif? serrated a a series of triangles carved on both sides, possibly a comb from Teotihuacan |
| Length | 11.2 cm |
| Width | 4.5 cm |
| Thickness | 0.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Cerro de las Mesas Expedition, F.G. Rainey and M.W. Stirling, 1960 |
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