Tag: Artefact

Item Reference: 008259
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: 3 Tail Combs. 1 x Tail comb made of metal (steel?). Comb 100mm long plus tail 100mm long. Teeth all the same size, 15mm. Made in Hong Kong. MF No 1511 stamped on back; 1 x Tail comb made of metal (steel?). Comb 100mm plus tail 100mm. Teeth of mixed lengths 15mm, 12mm, and 6mm Made in Sweden; 1 x Tail comb made of blue plastic. Comb 90mm long plus tail 100mm long. Three rows of teeth, 20mm long. No markings.
Date: c. 1950s/60s
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Item Reference: 008260
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: 8 hair rollers. 4 x blue plastic hair rollers, 20mm diameter, 60mm long, all with elastic and plastic bobbles for holding in place; 3 x yellow plastic hair rollers, 15mm diameter, 60mm long. No elastic or bobbles; 1 x pink plastic hair roller, 11mm diameter, 60mm long, with perished elastic and bobble attached.
Date: c. 1950s/60s
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Item Reference: 008261
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: Gold coloured fine mesh hairnet/sleepnet made from synthetic material (nylon). Mesh is made in chain-stitch style threads.
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Item Reference: 008262
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: Metal-framed dressing table hair brush. 270mm long. Head 110mm x 80mm,with ribbed pattern handle, 160mm long. Starburst pattern on back of brush. Nylon bristles set in a wooden inset in head. Made in England.
Date: 1950s/60s
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Item Reference: 008263
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: Marcel 8, metal curling tongs, 260mm long, crimping section 120mm.
Date: 1920s
Further Information: Marcel tongs were named after Marcel Grateau, a French hairdresser who, in 1872, invented the first heated curling iron using a metal rod heated over an open flame.
Links: History

Item Reference: 008264
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: 8 assorted hat pins. 3 x 200mm long with black beads on ends; 1 x 150mm long with black bead; 1 x 205mm long with blue bead; 1 x 170mm long with multicoloured ceramic bead; 1 x 150mm long with ‘pearl’ bead; 1 x 155mm long with black plastic decoration on end. Plastic box, 103 x 40 x 40mm containing 64 medium and assorted small pins.
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Further Information: Hat pins became less popular in the 1920s when bobbed hair and smaller hats became the fashion.
Links: http://www.americanhatpinsociety.com

B6_008265 Afro Comb
Item Reference: 008265
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: Plastic Afro comb, stamped with ‘Professional Hair care System’ and a capital S.
70mm wide, teeth are 55mm long. Handle is shaped to fit fingers.
Date: 1970s/80s
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Item Reference: 008266
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description:
1 x circular hair comb made of plastic with a faux tortoiseshell design Designed to secure buns or ponytails.60mm diameter; 1 x small brown, plastic Alice band; 3 x semi circular plastic hairband with inner toothed band for holding hair in place, 120mm diameter; 1 x Victorian style light brown, plastic, two pronged bun comb, 120mm long; 1 x brown plastic curved hair slide; 1 x curved metal hair grip, 110mm long.
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B6_008267 Hair Brush (plastic)
Item Reference: 008267
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: Grey plastic folding comb and hairbrush. Closed dimensions, 110 x 30 x 20mm. Brush has 3 rows of teeth. Back is shaped like back bone of a fish.
Date: c. 1950s
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Item Reference: 008269
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: Blue collar cape for haircutting. Main section made of thin plastic with 450mm outer edging of thicker plastic. White plastic edging and ties.
Date: 1970s
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