ASANTE (ASHANTI) COMB 8, GHANA

Photographs © Tim Hamill

ASANTE (ASHANTI)
COMB 8
10"
$700
SOLD

This Asante comb has been vetted as being authentic.

Asante objects, like their stools, indicate status, power and succession of chiefs and kings. Held or displayed in public rituals and appearances they functioned as royal sceptres, symbolic swords and knives.

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