Prestige comb "oyiya" · Nigeria, Benin City, Edo · ID: 3051045
Sold
EUR 900
Provenance
Canadian Private Collection Montreal (collected in the 1950s/60s)Size
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
Description
bone,
Made of special materials (such as bone or ivory) and elaborately decorated, Edo ‘oyiya’ combs were prestige objects intended to signalise status and wealth. In earlier times, they were made for members of the royal court.
The object Prestige comb “oyiya” with the object ID 3051045 was last part of the auction Auction 103 at November 16, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 177 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.
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