Double-Sided Ivory Liturgical Comb with Scenes of Henry II and Thomas Becket

Medium

Elephant ivory

Dimensions

Overall: 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 1/2 in. (8.6 x 8.6 x 1.2 cm)

Classification

Ivories-Elephant

Culture

British

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Rogers Fund, and Schimmel Foundation Inc., Mrs. Maxime L. Hermanos, Lila Acheson Wallace, Nathaniel Spear Jr., Mrs. Katherine S. Rorimer, William Kelly Simpson, Alastair B. Martin and Anonymous Gifts, 1988

Accession Number

1988.279

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