Beautiful old comb "duafe" · Ghana, Akan, Ashanti · ID: 3052044
Starting price
EUR 400
Estimated price
EUR 900
Provenance
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, GermanyJohannes & 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.