Beautiful old comb, before 1872 · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3042474
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Doctor Wright, Great Britain, collected in situ (1872)Size
H: 17,3 cm
H: 6.8 inch
Description
wood, middle brown patina, 13 teeth, upper part of the handle in openwork design, incised ornamental decor on the front side, handwritten inscription on the backside: “Native Hair Comb - West Coast of Africa - “deena” - brought home by Doctor Wright - January 22 1872”, very good condition
The object Beautiful old comb, before 1872 with the object ID 3042474 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 277 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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