Four ornamental combs ·  Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036231

Description

wood, brown patina, a) 14 teeth, open worked handle with a human face in the centre, rep. (breakage), h: 30,5 cm; b) 8 teeth, open worked handle with knot ornaments, year date “1957” and writing “Novienyek”, fine cracks, h: 21 cm; c) originally 9 teeth (one missing), handle carved with zoomorphic motif, h: 17 cm; d) originally 9 teeth (one missing), handle carved with various motifs (heart, hand, stool, sword etc.), h: 21,5 cm; all with slight traces of usage

The object Four ornamental combs with the object ID 3036231 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 231 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.

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