Women’s Comb Sitting
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: PNS-37
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- Height
- 17 cm
- Material
- Ivory.
Comb that represents a woman sitting on an Akan stool which indicates that she is a remarkable woman. Acquired in Abidjan in the mid-1960s. These combs…
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Comb that represents a woman sitting on an Akan stool which indicates that she is a remarkable woman. Acquired in Abidjan in the mid-1960s. These combs could be used in some cases as prestigious combs, popular parties or family parties, but most of them were made for tourism and the great European colinia resident at the time.
Further technical information
- Width
- 6 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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