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Wood comb from Burkina (4)
Africa
Burkina Faso
Width : 3 3/8 inch
Height : 5 1/8 inch
Depth : 1 7/8 inch
Male figure, maybe an ancestor, with a very elaborate face. Arrow shaped nose and mouth, hairstyle with stages. Reddish wood with kaolin marks. From Samo tribe, Manding people living in Burkina.