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Object ID: 50034
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-02-074
Count: 1
Object Type: wig/hair curler
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Material: ceramic
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Remarks: FF Artifact # 26
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SMALL FINDS RECORD
Small Find ID: 3001
No of Objects: 1
Location: Ferry Farm
Conserved: No
Record Date: 5/1/2003
Recorder: Dodd
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Length: 1.295 inches
Width: 0.511 inches
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Morphology: molded
Category: Grooming
Subcategory: Curler
Country: England
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Mark Text: W, the rest is missing; end broken
Fashionability: c. 1700-1780 (Hume 1985:321)
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Remarks: curler has many pieces broken from it - width measurement might not represent original width. Durbin (1984:4) dates curlers with a maker's mark to the second half of the eighteenth century. She claims these are used to curl wig hair permanently. To ma
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Verified By: Galke
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Context ID: 3812
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-02-074
Summary: excavation unit FF02, context 74
Short Title: plowzone
Deposit Type: plowzone
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Remarks: uniform plowzone with large number of roots. High frequency of prehistoric and historic finds unit also contains several displaced fireplace stones
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