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Akan comb, Ashanti doll pattern
Africa
Ghana
Width : 4 1/4 inch
Height : 10 3/4 inch
Depth : 1/8 inch
Wood comb, Ashanti doll pattern. This is a fertility figure worn by women in the hair or sometimes tucked into their belt. The Ashanti tribe is from the Akan group. Donation Louis Géraud.
1970
Wood
Human
Ashanti tribe
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