A superb Baule comb

the plaque-like body with upswept shoulders above a row of nine tines and supporting the finely rendered head carved in high relief from a disc-like element with pendant, plaited beard, high cheekbones and heavy-lidded eyes and wearing an elaborate headdress, with a pierce diamond shape at the crest; fine, slightly glossy deep brown patina.

Tristan Tzara, Paris
Merton D. Simpson, New York, April 13, 1965

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Public Museum, Selections from The William W. Brill Colllection of African Art, May 5 - August 31, 1969 (for additional venues see bibliography, Milwaukee 1969)

Robbins and Nooter 1989: 547, figure 1478