Comb with Hearts and a Watch

CultureAsante peoples
Titles
  • Comb with Hearts and a Watch
  • Comb with Two Heads and a Clock
Date1930–1960
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood and traces of kaolin, a white clay
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 × 4 × 1/4 in. (23.5 × 10.2 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1518
Not on view

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Department
African Art
ProvenanceDr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Sculpture of Black Africa: The Gus Nicholson Collection," Rice Museum, Rice University, Houston, December 12, 1980 - February 22, 1981 [1].
[1] Exhibition check list, one from the following: no. 55-64 (on file).

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