Ornamental comb "duafe" · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036208
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Size
H: 24,5 cm
H: 9.6 inch
Description
wood, matt greyish brown patina, slightly encrusted, remains of black paint in some places, originally eight teeth, rectangular handle with incised decor, crowned by an anthropomorphic head with fine carved facial features and decorative coiffure with cut-outs, missing parts (teeth)
The object Ornamental comb “duafe” with the object ID 3036208 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 229.
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