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Comb with Sankofa Bird and Crown
Comb with Sankofa Bird and Crown

Comb with Sankofa Bird and Crown

Date20th century
MediumWood
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 7 3/4 × 3 × 1/4 in. (19.7 × 7.6 × 0.6 cm)
ClassificationsWood
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Reverend Monroe and Marjorie Diggs Freeman
Object number2002.12
On View
On view
ProvenanceCharles Jones African Art, Wilmington, NC; sold to NCMA 2002.Published References"Friends of African and African American Art," Preview: The Magazine of the North Carolina Museum of Art (July/August 2003), mentioned and illus. (color) 6.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Accent on Africa: Recent Acquisitions of African Art," April 6-August 10, 2003, brochure no. 17, illus. (b-w).

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