- Tussian bronze comb (2)
- Africa
- Burkina Faso
- Width : 1 3/8 inch
- Height : 5 7/8 inch
- Depth : 1 inch
- Very interesting comb with a bird head associated to a human body. The bird's beak is traditionally a male symbol. This heavy bronze comb may have been offered to an important man in the village (a chief for example) as an appreciation of his fecondity.
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