Comb · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3034330
sold
EUR 1,600
Provenance
Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, GermanySize
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch
Description
light brown wood, remains of black patina, eight teeth, surmounted by an anthropomorphic head with open-worked headgear, carved with a necklace with cross pendant, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion
Comparing literature
see Sotheby's New York, 17 November, 2006, The William W. Brill Collection of African Art, lot 148, Fine Asante Comb, work of the same artist.