Comb

CultureChokwe peoples

Date20th century

MediumWood

DimensionsOverall: 4 × 8 1/2 inches (10.16 × 21.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg Jr.

Object number2013.42.51

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

DescriptionComb with many prongs, carved with an equestrian male figure riding an animal, the horizontal band has triangle geometric designs.Provenance

Provenance

Monteiro collection, Portugal [1];

With Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, stock no. FA9603, 1996-January 30, 1998;

Purchased from Félix by Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr., Mission Hills, KS, January 30, 1998-2013;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.

NOTES:

[1] According to dealer Marc Leo Félix, in documentation provided at the time of the object’s purchase, NAMA curatorial files. This may be Joachim John Monteiro (1833-1878), a Portuguese/British engineer and naturalist who oversaw mining operations in Angola from 1858-1876.

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