Comb with Two Standing Figures

mid 20th century

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Image 1

Ashanti artist, Comb with Two Standing Figures, mid-1900s. Wood; 10 1/4 x 4 in. Denver Art Museum: Anonymous Gift, 2001.1008

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Culture

Ashanti

Country

Ghana, Africa

Object

comb

Medium

wood

Dimensions

height: 10 1/4 in, 26.0350 cm; width: 4 in, 10.1600 cm

Inscription

"SC110d" Proper left back comb

Credit Line

Anonymous Gift

Department

Native Arts

Collection

Arts of Africa

Accession Number

2001.1008

Known Provenance

Gustave (b. 1910, d. 1988) and Franyo (b. 1909, d. 2005) Schindler Collection, collected about 1940-1965; Collection of (or purchase by) Private Collection, New York, NY, before 2001; Gift to DAM 08/09/2001

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