Comb, around 1900/1910 · Nigeria, Bini/Edo · ID: 3043009
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Old British CollectionSize
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, kaolin, thirteen pointed teeth, plate with incised diamond-shaped decor, handle in openwork design, slightly dam.
The Bini, even known as “Edo” (just like their language of the same name), are the descendants of the founders of the Benin Empire.
Publications
AHDRC: 0134900