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Description: Comb grave of Laura Mainord in Holman Cemetery in Overton Co., Tenn.
Date: June 3, 2014
Creator: Dr. Richard Finch
Collection name: Richard C. Finch Folk Graves Digital Photograph Collection
Historical note: Comb graves are a type of covered grave that are often called "tent graves." The length of the grave was covered by rocks or other materials that look like the gabled roof or comb of a building. They were popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is conjectured that these graves were covered to protect them from either weather or animals, or perhaps both. While comb graves can be found in other southern states, the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee has the highest concentration of these types of graves.
Accession number: 2013-022
Owning Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#: Livingston Q - Holman Cem 9
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Monkey comb (Sloanea ampla) fruit. This spiny fruit comes from a forest tree and is eaten by parrots and black guans. The fruits are also collected and painted for decoration (see next photo). Hanging Bridges Trail, Costa Rica.
Handmade replica bone comb typical of the early medieval period. The comb is made from cleverly crafted pieces of bone glued and pinned together to make a delightful finished object which is typical of finds from many saxon, viking and frankish graves. The comb is approximately 6 inches long. It is priced at £32.50
This is one piece from a series of illustrations representing the dynastic combs of the 5 sovereign birds; Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, Zhou.
This particular comb represents Tang, a strict and militant commander.
The colouring is reminiscent of the Rooster (Gallus gallus).
Sarkidionis melanotos
The strange knob on its bill is of unknown function, but probably involved in courtship since it shrinks after breeding season.
This is a sampling of the colors of combs but might not be a complete selection of colors. Most where the see through colors but the beauty salon came with one like the blue one on top.
A small paddock had barbed wire round the perimeter ... I think the horses used it as a scratching tool. I liked the way the sun caught the horse hair.
This pretty comb is made from the remnants of a ruined Taisho Period (1911 - 1926) kimono and it sits on a little gold comb.
Left:
Bone, France, 12th or 13th century
Right:
Ivory, southern Italy, 11th or 12th century
Liturgical combs were decorated combs, usually of ivory or bone, used in preparing the priest for the Mass. The ritual combing of priests' hair may have begun when Christianity became the Roman state religion early in the 4th century AD. They were still being made in the 12th century; and references to their use appear in ecclesiastical rituals until the 16th century.
The Cloisters Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
NYC
Ukiyo-e image of a girl and her comb run through a dreamscape filter.
Google recently released software (source code so far, and so far as I can tell, running only on Linux without some changes) that uses AI to "understand" images then apply a set of pre-understood images to the first image, making for some really bizarre results (as you can see here). Today I found two program (one on Android and one on iOS) that appear to implement Google's algorithms for mobile (which means a really long processing time since the images are sent to servers, processed, then returned to the mobile device) so naturally enough I had to play around with the programs. Each program needs work but the results are pretty good (if low resolution).
One interesting thing about these images is when viewed as a thumbnail, the image looks "relatively" normal but when viewed full size, looks like something out of a nightmare.