Gorgeous Primitive Hand-carved Carding or Flax Comb folk artist and little dog nipping at

and little dog nipping at his heels

The table appears to be joined entirely with tiny nails

and perhaps a bit scared

illustrations including for several children's books) are held in the collections of the Whitney Museum

Gorgeous Primitive Hand-carved Carding or Flax Comb folk artist and little dog nipping atIt'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