Lot 142
  • 142

Asante Comb, Ghana

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • wood
  • Height: 10 1/2 in (26.7 cm)

Provenance

Marvin Chasin, London
Dr. Fred Baekeland, New York, acquired from the above
Martin Lerner, New York, acquired from the above in August 1977

Exhibited

Museum for African Art, New York, Hair in African Art and Culture, February 9 - May 28, 2000; additional venues:
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Stanford, 2000
APEX Museum, Atlanta, 2000
California African-American Museum, Los Angeles, 2001
Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History, Detroit, 2001
Diggs Gallery at Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, 2001
DuSable Museum of African-American History, Chicago, 2002
Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, 2002
Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center, Jackson, 2002

Literature

Roy Sieber and Frank Herreman, Hair in African Art and Culture, New York, 2000, p. 126, cat. 117

Condition

Very good condition for an object of this type and age. Minor marks, nicks, scratches, and abrasions from age and use. Minor vertical hairline age crack near center of coiffure to proper right side, extending into the back of the head. Chip to proper right ear. Losses to tips of two tines at proper right side. Exceptionally fine dark reddish brown patina with remains of black.
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Catalogue Note

For a closely related comb previously in the collection of William W. Brill see Sotheby's New York, November 17, 2006, lot 148.