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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 10481142, member: 76316&quot;]The top comb is ~91mm wide, ~42mm high, ~3mm thick. Although it appears to be tortoise, it is not UV-reactive. The metal <i>looks</i> like brass (or perhaps gold?) but the weight of the comb is too light for gold, so probably not; it&#039;s only 9.1 grams. An additional argument against tortoise is the absence of insect-bite damage, which the next two items have in a few places. There are 29 tines, an&#039; they&#039;re hand-cut. </p><p>The plain amber-toned comb is remarkably similar to the one posted by [USER=85821]@shamster[/USER] previously. It&#039;s ~86mm wide, ~37mm high, tapering from ~6 1/2mm at the back to ~2 3/4mm at the tine end; its weight is ~14 grams. Its color an&#039; translucency are uniform; UV light renders it creamy an&#039; opaque, appearing somewhat like celluloid. It has 2 <i>very</i> small areas of bug-damage, hard to find except by feel.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bar is ~16.5cm long, ~11mm wide, ~8mm thick; weight is ~19 grams. There are several areas of bug-damage, similar to that in pic 8. UV highlights anomalous contrasts in the darker portions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The wooden hook-shaped spike seems to be more of a tool than an adornment to me; it&#039;s ~18cm long, ~27mm wide at the hook, ~1.6mm thick there as well; weight is only ~1 gram. It is hand carved of unknown, extremely fine-grained, hardwood.</p><p><br /></p><p>As mentioned earlier, these all were returned to the US at the end of the GHQ Era, ~1952.</p><p>Please do share your thoughts an&#039; suggestions, an&#039; Thanks for looking&#039;!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]527208[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]527209[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]527210[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]527211[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]527212[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]527213[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]527215[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]527216[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]527217[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]527218[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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