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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
West African Combs: Mina & Samir Borro Collection

West African Combs: Mina & Samir Borro Collection

Borro, Najwa
Boyer, Alain-Michel
Plisnier, Valentine

Hardcover

African ArtGeneral ArtSculpture & Installation

Publisher Price: $55.00

ISBN10: 8874396775
ISBN13: 9788874396771
Publisher: Five Continents Editions
Published: Feb 17 2026
Pages: 192
Weight: 2.55
Height: 0.88 Width: 8.51 Depth: 10.56
Language: English
West African combs: a hundred sublime pieces from an exceptional private collection. A tribute to sculpture and personal adornment.

This book is put together like a jewel and contains a carefully chosen selection of around 100 West African combs from one of the world's largest and finest private collections of sub-Saharan African art. Featuring a hitherto unseen assortment of pieces assembled over a period of more than 60 years, the book also includes an authoritative analysis by Alain-Michel Boyer, who approached this rarely addressed theme in what was his final work, begun almost ten years ago.

As well as offering us valuable insights into the cultures that produced these miniature sculptures (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Nigeria), he explores the way the form itself is approached. These creations transform what is in principle a plain accessory and in the effort to attain pure beauty, they display an aesthetic awareness that raises the adornment of the body to the level of fine art.

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