Lot 146
  • 146

A Tshokwe comb and a Luena comb

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description

the Tshokwe comb of diminutive form with two standing figures with copper wire around the chest and brass tacks at the crown above the incised shoulder; the Luena comb of delicate proportions, two heads, the necks encircled with fine copper wire and wearing tall, wedge-shaped coiffures with brass tacks inserted over a rectangular base above 9 tines; '261' in white pigment on base; fine brown patina.

Provenance

Stolper Galleries, Amsterdam, Morton Lipkin and Robert Stolper, April 12, 1967