An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c23.s3.10

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The ‘saw-edged bone object’ found in Pd I, Neolithic [4.6.1], of BURZAHOM could not have been used as hair comb and was perhaps an implement for weaving, dressing wool or removing hair from skins of animals or even for incising decoration on pottery. Nothing can be said about the use of the three terracotta ‘combs’ of the Chalcolithic Pd [4.14.6] of BAHAL. A fragmentary decorated comb is reported from Pd I, Chalcolithic [4.14.4] of MAHISDAL. An ivory comb from POCHAMPAD has been found from underneath the skull in a Megalithic burial [4.17.7]. That it was kept underneath the skull in a secondary burial suggests that perhaps it was a part of the Megalithic burial customs.