Gorgeous Primitive Hand-carved Carding or Flax Comb antique momento mori My guess is that she

My guess is that she once sat atop a bottle

With what look to be hand-painted pink cheeks

thus loving the specificity of it being not just the cow but the cow mother who is the object of concern

but overall its is in very good antique condition with all of the seams holding tight

There is a tear in the black paper on the top left edge

Gorgeous Primitive Hand-carved Carding or Flax Comb antique momento mori My guess is that sheIt'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