Fig. 106.—A loom comb found in the Glastonbury lake dwellings (after Boyd Dawkins).
Fig. 107.—A modern comb for the hair.
Already in the safety-pin and scarf-pin we have had instances of fastenings which at times are ornamental. The button and its relative the stud afford another case in point. A stud is in reality a button which appears on both sides of the stuff through which it is put. It is obvious that it is most convenient to use when the material to be fastened is of a stiff texture. At present we use studs in our starched linen, and they are also adopted for fastening parts of leather accoutrements, as they evidently were in the times of the later bronze folk. This will be seen from Figure [108]. One of these is adorned with the triskele, which is allied to the swastika, and no doubt gave rise to the three-legged charge on the coat of arms of the Isle of Man and of Sicily.
Fig. 108.—Two studs of bronze, seen from above and from the side. Later Bronze Age (after Worsaae).