Gorgeous Primitive Hand-carved Carding or Flax Comb celluloid dice The leather fold over cover

The leather fold over cover is pretty beaten and torn

with a one small stain in the upper right area

but I love the form

to my sensibilities

but clearly it did the job of a stool for many many years

Gorgeous Primitive Hand-carved Carding or Flax Comb celluloid dice The leather fold over coverIt's the completely irregularly shaped heads of the hand forged nail teeth on this old comb that really get me, lined up in a wonderfully gnarly row and giving it some real bite. And held in those teeth on the other side is what I'd have to guess is hardened fat from combing flax or hemp or wool? I know there are plenty of combs and hetchels etc out there, but to my eye the super primitiveness of this particular tool makes it a very singular and quite