Three combs
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
sold
EUR 240
Provenance
a) + b) Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germanyc) Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Description
wood, brown patina, a) six flat teeth, the handle carved with ornaments, crowned by a human head, h: 17,5 cm; b) fragmentary (only one half of the comb with four teeth preserved), surmounted by a head in profile, h: 23 cm; c) eight teeth, head in profile, h: 17 cm; each comb with slight traces of usage and small missing parts, base