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Beautiful old comb "duafe", Ghana, Akan, Ashanti, Size: H: 30 cm (H: 11.8 inch), ID: 3052044
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Lot 285
Auction 105

Beautiful old comb "duafe" ·  Ghana, Akan, Ashanti · ID: 3052044

Sold EUR 400
Provenance
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany
Johannes & Ursula Kaddatz, Hamburg, Germany
Size
H: 30 cm
H: 11.8 inch

Description

wood, pigment, sixteen teeth, elaborately worked handle plate with signature “AWUKU COCA” in flat relief, collection label “5/58”, base

Such elaborately worked combs, rather for display than for use, were gifts for puberty rites, weddings or births.

The object Beautiful old comb “duafe” with the object ID 3052044 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 285 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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