Ashanti Wood Comb, Ghana, Based

Tall diamond-pierced crown sits above a comb with six long, grave teeth.

This carved wooden comb from the Ashanti people is Ashanti, from Ghana, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is wood. Wooden combs are made by cutting the teeth with a knife or saw and then smoothing the piece, which gives each comb its own small variations. Narrow comb with a flat head in a rounded diamond shape and a pierced diamond opening below it. Dots dot the surface of the head. A cross-hatched block sits above six slim teeth. Dark, polished surface on a metal stand. It is 2 inches wide, 1.25 deep and 10.5 high.

Elegant enough to make hair feel underdressed.