Three combs ·  Suriname, Saramaka (Saamaka or Saramacca) · ID: 3048550

Description

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The Saramaka are one of six “Maroon” peoples living in the Republic of Suriname and neighbouring French Guyana.

The Suriname “Maroons” were originally sub Saharan African slaves that were brought to and escaped from the Caribbean plantations. They fled to the hills where they established their own villages far beyond the the Spanish “authorities” who then ruled the Caribbean Islands at the time.

The object Three combs with the object ID 3048550 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 54 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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Comparing literature

Price, Sally & Richard, Afro-American Arts of the Suriname Rain Forest, Los Angeles 1980, p. 137, ill. 191