A comb

A comb for people with hair loss

A modern plastic comb with a handle

Solokha comb, Scythian, ca. Baldness involves the state of lacking hair where it often grows especially on the head Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products Solokha is also the name of a witch in Rimsky-Korsakov 's opera The Night Before Christmas. The Scythians or Scyths (Σκύθες Σκύθοι were an Iranian speaking people of horse-riding Nomadic pastoralists who dominated the Pontic 400 BC (Hermitage Museum)

Sculptured comb, in ivory, of the sixteenth-century (Sauvageot Collection)

A comb is a device made of solid material, generally flat, always toothed, and is used in hair care for straightening and cleaning hair or other fibers. Events By place Persian Empire Artaxerxes II King of Persia appoints Tissaphernes to take over all the districts in The State Hermitage Museum (Государственный Эрмитаж Gosudarstvennyj Èrmitaž) in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of the largest Combs are among the oldest tools found by archeologists, having been found in very refined forms already in settlements dating back to 5000 years ago in Persia. A broader definition of a tool is an entity used to interface between two or more domains that facilitates more effective action of one domain upon the other For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics.

Combs can be used for many purposes, including:

• Keeping long hair in place.
• Decorating the hair.
• Matting sections of hair for dreadlocking
• Keeping a kippa in place. Dreadlocks, also called locks or dreads, are interlocked coils of Hair which form by themselves in all hair types if the hair is allowed to grow naturally "Kipa" redirects here For the supermarket please see Kipa (supermarket.
• Separating cotton fibers from seeds and other debris. The cotton gin, a mechanized version of the comb, is one of the machines that ushered the Industrial Revolution. A Cotton Gin' (short for cotton engine) is a machine that quickly and easily separates the Cotton fibers from the seedpods and the sometimes sticky seeds a job The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture manufacturing and transportation had a profound effect on the
• Making music. Stringing a plant's leaf or a piece of paper over one side of the comb and humming with cropped lips on the opposite side dramatically increases the high-frequency harmonic content of the hum produced by the human voice box, and the resulting spread sound spectrum can be modulated by changing the resonanting frequency of the oral cavity. This was the inspiration for the kazoo. The kazoo is a simple Musical instrument ( Membranophone) that adds a "buzzing" timbral quality to a player's voice when one vocalizes into it Moreover, the comb is also a lamellophone. Lamellophone (also spelled " Lamellaphone " also referred to as Linguaphone (from "tongue" i Comb teeth have harmonic qualities of their own, determined by their shape, length, and material. In Acoustics and Telecommunication, the harmonic of a Wave is a component Frequency of the signal that is an Integer A comb with teeth of unequal length, capable of producing different notes when picked, eventually evolved into the thumb piano and musical box. The African thumb piano is a musical instrument a type of plucked Idiophone, which is common throughout Subsaharan Africa.
• Making comb-marbled paper

Combs are also a favorite spot for police investigators to collect hair and dandruff samples that can be used in ascertaining dead or living people's identities, as well as their state of health, toxicological profiles, and so forth. Paper marbling is a method of aqueous surface design which can produce patterns similar to marble or other stone hence the name

Sharing combs is a common source of parasitic infections, as one user can leave a comb with plenty of eggs or even live parasites, facilitating the transmission of lice, fleas, crabs, mites, fungi, and other undesirables. Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship between Organisms of different Species. Lice (singular louse) ( order Phthiraptera) are an order of over 3000 Species of wingless Insects three of which are classified Flea is the Common name for any of the small wingless Insects of the order Siphonaptera (some authorities use the name Aphaniptera Mites, along with Ticks belong to the subclass Acarina (also known as Acari and the class Arachnida Mites are among the most diverse and successful

In contrast, specialized combs such as "flea combs" or "nit combs" can be used to remove macroscopic parasites. Flea is the Common name for any of the small wingless Insects of the order Siphonaptera (some authorities use the name Aphaniptera A comb with teeth fine enough to remove nits is sometimes called a "fine-toothed comb", sometimes misrendered as "fine toothcomb" or merely "toothcomb" in the metaphoric usage "go over it with a fine toothcomb" meaning a close detailed search of something. Metaphor (from the Greek: μεταφορά - metaphora, meaning "transfer" is language that directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects

Combs can be made out of a number of materials, most commonly wood or plastic. Ivory and tortoiseshell were once common but concerns for the animals that produce them have reduced their usage. When made from wood, Combs are largely made of boxwood, cherry wood or other pine wood. This article is about the tree For other uses of the term "pine" see Pine (disambiguation. Good quality wooden combs are usually handmade and polished.

A hairbrush, which is larger than a comb, is also commonly used for shaping, styling and cleaning the hair. A hairbrush is a small Brush with rigid Bristles used in Hair care for brushing styling and detangling human Hair, or for brushing a domestic