Two combs, Ghana, Ashanti, ID: 3040909

Two combs, Ghana, Ashanti, ID: 3040909 - 2/2

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Lot 251

84th Tribal Art Auction

Two combs · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3040909

sold EUR 180

Provenance

a) Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium
b) Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany a) and b) (1994)

Description

wood, a) comb with 15 teeth, crowned by “akua ba” head, handle with fine incised decor and kaolin in the deepenings, string of glass beads, cracks, slight traces of usage, h: 30 cm; b) comb with 7 teeth, surmounted by three “akua ba” heads, remains of black paint, min. dam., missing parts (teeth), traces of usage, h: 16 cm

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