Abstract
SummaryThe handle of a decorated weaving comb of bone, found in an Iron Age settlement at Harwell, UK, has a naturalistic depiction of a human face rare for prehistoric Britain. Dated to the fifth to third centuries BC, the comb was probably used in the making of narrow pieces of patterned textile. It is suggested that the linear decoration on the comb represents the patterns on textiles, which are usually regarded as the products of a domestic craft, but the figural representation derives from the repertoire of metal workers.
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