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an image of a wooden comb with a man on top of ita small wooden comb with a wooden handle on a gray surface
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264 - Comb with a standing figure on the top.
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Estimate €120 - €180
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Description
Comb with a standing figure on the top. Wood, original honey-coloured and brown patina, signs of wear. One tooth missing. Chokwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 20.5 cm Provenance: Collected in Katanga (Belgian Congo) between 1952 and 1970 by Charles Mahauden, a Belgian colonial administrator nicknamed Kisongokimo by the Grand Chief of the Baluba. Author of: Mahauden, Charles, Kisongokimo — Hunting and Magic among the Baluba, Paris, Flammarion, ‘L’Aventure vécue’ series, 1965, 252 pp.
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About the sale Journey Across the Continents (sale without live performance)
Auction location
Auction time 09/10/2026 at 1:00 PM
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