Gorgeous Primitive Hand-carved Carding or Flax Comb celluloid dice No current hole or hook

No current hole or hook for hanging but pretty perfect just set on a shelf or desk

Quite finely done

but I love the form

and signed EP in lower right

with a one small stain in the upper right area

Gorgeous Primitive Hand-carved Carding or Flax Comb celluloid dice No current hole or hookIt's the completely irregularly shaped heads of the hand forged nail teeth on this old comb that really get me, lined up in a wonderfully gnarly row and giving it some real bite. And held in those teeth on the other side is what I'd have to guess is hardened fat from combing flax or hemp or wool? I know there are plenty of combs and hetchels etc out there, but to my eye the super primitiveness of this particular tool makes it a very singular and quite