Tortoiseshell Combs with Cases
Artist: Jamaican
Location: Institute of Jamaica, Jamaica
Date: 1671 - 1690
Materials: tortoiseshell
Grant:
Amount Paid: £115 (Total: £115)
Vendor: T P Grange
Review number: 1614 (1950)
Description:
3 sets of Tortoiseshell Combs with Cases: 1) 15.2 x 8.6 cm, dated Jamaica 1677; 2) 21.8 x 13.7 cm, dated Jamaica 1679; 3) 20.8 x 13.7 cm, dated Jamaica 1684.Elaborately decorated with incised patterns of tropical trees and plants, filled with white pigment. Probably all made by the same Port Royal craftsman.
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