Comb, early 20th century

  • Akan, African

Wood

  • Overall: 17 3/8 × 5 11/16 × 7/16 inches (44.1 × 14.4 × 1.1 cm)

Gift of Dr. Nii and Martina Y. Quarcoopome

2016.139

Dr. Nii and Martina Y. Quarcoopome

2016-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Quarcoopome, Nii. “Akan Wood Sculpture.” Bulletin of the DIA 91, 1-4 (2017): p. 86 (fig. 5.1).

Akan, African, Comb, early 20th century, wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. Nii and Martina Y. Quarcoopome, 2016.139.