Description

This two-sided comb was found at Fort Albany, a historic Hudson’s Bay fur-trading post in James Bay. Combs made from animal bones are present in many cultures, mainly for personal grooming. The different sizes of teeth on the comb suggest that one side was for grooming and that the fine-toothed side could be used to brush out lice. Evidence of bone combs at Fort Albany suggests that people lived there for extended periods of time, both Indigenous and European traders.