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Description : Four different combs, wood, carved and pierced decoration Geometric motifs, Angolans - Tshokwe (related peoples), 20th C. (mid), minor defects, patina wear, purchased: on the outskirts of Luena (former Luso), in 1967, two in Cangumbe, in 1968, and in Lubango (former Sá da Bandeira), in 1969. Notes: Provenance: Collection of Engineer Elísio Romariz dos Santos Silva, these combs correspond to items numbered 100, 104, 107 and 132 mentioned in the notebook of the collector «Angola - Arte Negra, relação e descrição das peças». Items nº 100, 104 and 107 are each identified as «Txissaculo», item nº 132 is identified only as «Comb». Item No. 100 is mentioned, containing a Crosspiece decorated with incisions, triangular on one side and semi-circular on the other. Crosspiece surmounted by 3 small rods [...] Purchased on the outskirts of Luena [former Luso] in 1967 [. ..]. No. 104 is described in the notebook, containing a Crosspiece decorated with incisions, surmounted by two stems in the shape of an elephant's foot. [...] Purchased in Cangumbe, in 1968 [...]. Item number 107 is also mentioned in the collector's notebook, containing a Crosspiece decorated with incisions, herringbone on one side and horizontal and crossed on the other side, surmounted by a rod in the shape of a lizard's head [...]. Purchased in Cangumbe in 1968 [...]. Item nº 132 is described, containing an M-shaped crosspiece, decorated with incisions, forming an M and a triangle, the crosspiece is pierced by two symmetrical cuts (><). Decoration on one side only. [...] Purchased in Lubango [former Sá da Bandeira] in 1969 [...]. Other combs are represented in DIAS, Jorge (direc.) - Escultura Africana no Museu de Etnologia do Ultramar. Lisboa: Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, 1968, s/p, nº 157, em JORDÁN, Manuel. “Chokwe!- Art and Initiation Among Chokwe and Related Peoples”. Munich/London/New York: Prestel-Verlag, 1998, p. 63, nº 52, em BASTIN, Marie-Louise. La sculpture Tshokwe”. Arcueil: Alain et Françoise Chaffin, 1982, p. 242, nº 164, and in the auction catalogue held on February 1, 2023 at Lempertz Art of Arfrica, the Pacific and the Americas. Brussels: Lempertz, 2023, lote 46., Dim. - (o maior) 18,2 cm
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