Lot 147
  • 147

A Tshokwe comb

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

composed of two cranes facing one another, each with long, faceted necks, rounded heads and long beaks, the eye sockets pierced through, one with remaining glass-bead eye, above a row of tines; '920' on the base; varied medium brown patina.

Literature

Robbins and Nooter 1989: 548, figure 1488

Catalogue Note

Cf. Petridis (2003: 98, figure 34) for a related comb depicting two white-bellied storks in the collection of The Cleveland Museum of art, accessioned in 1915.