Amazing Antique Carved Miniature Comb with Tiny Shape Wooden Teeth stark ohio fashioned of old crate wood

fashioned of old crate wood showing a stenciled tea label on the underside of the top lid

5 1/4" x 3 1/4" and in very good condition

A little tearing along the right edge but otherwise very good condition

reading now as a very dark blue-black

Amazing Antique Carved Miniature Comb with Tiny Shape Wooden Teeth stark ohio fashioned of old crate woodI found this primitive miniature brush comb in an antiques shop near Brimfield, and have no real idea what it would have been used for but I think it is completely extraordinary! All of the tiny "teeth" appear to have been individually carved of wood, each with quite a sharp point, then the straight ends were inserted one by one into the face of the "brush." Perhaps it was used for combing small bits of fleece very very very finely? I cant imagine