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Paris [75] Musée du Louvre

© Musée du Louvre, Daniel Leroy

This comb is a draft: its teeth have not been completed. It may have come from a workshop established in the Louvre district in the modern period.

Where to find it

Paris [75] Musée du Louvre
99, rue de Rivoli
Palais du Louvre
75001 Paris

Commune of discovery

Paris 1

Locality

Louvre, Cour Napoléon

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1984 – 1986

Chief Scientist

Yves de Kisch, Pierre-Jean Trombetta

Inventory number

CN 16257

Scope

Daily life ➔ Care

Materials

Organic ➔ Bones

Chronological period

Modern period [1492 / 1789]

Dating the object

1701 – 1800

Dimensions

H. 4.7 cm, l. 7.1 cm, P. 0.3 cm,

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