Lot 239
  • 239

ASANTE COMB, GHANA

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

Provenance

Nancy and Richard Bloch, Rancho Santa Fe

Literature

Warren M. Robbins and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections, Washington, 1989, p. 546, fig. 1474

Condition

Very good condition overall. Minor chip to corner of stool atop figure's head. Minor chip to thumb of proper right hand. Other minor chips nicks and scratches throughout. Fine aged blackened patina with white and blue pigment.
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