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Source Description
This small painted comb depicts a roundel with a bird inside, flanked by two open-winged birds. The reverse side contains a painted rectangular panel with a vine scroll. The comb was at one point broken in half and repaired, although many of the comb's teeth are lost.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
17158
label
Comb with Scrolls and Birds
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
17158
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Comb with Scrolls and Birds
description
This small painted comb depicts a roundel with a bird inside, flanked by two open-winged birds. The reverse side contains a painted rectangular panel with a vine scroll. The comb was at one point broken in half and repaired, although many of the comb's teeth are lost.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
12th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
combs
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.3
height
6.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 1/4 x W: 2 9/16 in. (8.3 x 6.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Sicilian
style
Islamic
dynasty
Norman Dynasty
med
ivory
creator_ids
6271
collection_ids
MED
ISL
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
33504a6980e303b4