York Archaeological Trust have been doing some more work to study the ivory comb found at Fishergate Postern Tower during the December 2018 dig.
Here’s another update on post-excavations from FPT. The ivory comb photogrammetry is now live on https://skfb.ly/6LIHY
As you can see, YAT’s top spec DSLR struggled to get the detail between the teeth, but even a laser scanner would struggle there. The detail of the grain of the ivory has come out very nicely, as have the crafts person’s tool marks.
A 3D print copy of the comb is being investigated. Once this has been done, YAT will be able to provide a cost for the object. Estimate around £40 – as the teeth will need to be manually sawn.
