Replica Medieval wooden comb.

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

Replica Medieval wooden comb from the St Albans Museums teaching collection. Organic materials such as wood and leather do not survive unless the soil is waterlogged and bacterial decay is inhibited, so finds of medieval wood and leather are rare. In St Albans we have found hardly any wooden objects. The excavations along the London waterfront, however, have produced large numbers of such objects.

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27/06/2007