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MILLON
157
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Comb decorated with a frieze of cowries and a top head
Wood,…
See original version (French)
157
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Comb decorated with a frieze of cowries and a top head
Wood,…
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €250
Voluntary lot
Description
Comb
decorated with a frieze of cowries and a top head
Wood, old honey and brown patina
Chokwe, Democratic Republic of Congo / Angola
16.5 x 6 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 - Chasse et magie chez les Balubas, Paris, Flammarion, coll. "L'Aventure vécue", 1965, 252 p.
See original version (French)
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