A Yoruba and an Akan comb

the Yoruba comb with ten tines, the comb supporting the seated female figure with typical full features and wearing a crested coiffure; '238' and old label 'Ratton Paris' at the back; honey brown patina; the Akan comb with six tines, the flared shoulder with a plaited motif beneath the female figure with upraised arms and wearing a conical coiffure; dark brown slighty encrusted patina.

Yoruba comb: Charles Ratton, Paris, January 26, 1967
Akan comb: Richard M. Monsein, Santa Monica

 

Yoruba comb: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Public Museum, Selections from the William W. Brill Collection of African Art, May 5 - August 31, 1969 (for additional venues see bibliography, Milwaukee 1969)