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Category Archives: African Hair Comb
Prices are rising for African combs
On September 15, 2009, a comb from the Ivory Coast made from Hippopotamus bone sold for $1200 at Sotheby’s. It featured a bird on top of a woman’s head, a symbol of fertility. Last Friday, May 13, another comb of … Continue reading
Posted in African Comb, Creative Museum, Ivory Coast comb, Sotheby's
Tagged african comb, baule, bird, creative museum, ivory coast, sothebys
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We’re Back!
My server is up and running again. I’m so happy! Thank you brother Josh!!!!! We have a new author. Announcement tomorrow. Here is a beautiful Ashanti comb from the Lazar collection, which was on display at the Oceanside Museum of … Continue reading
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Tagged African hair comb, ashanti comb, lazar collection, oceanic museum of art
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Creative Museum: Facing Me, Facing You
African intellectual history came alive when sculptors placed figures on top of hair combs. These ideas are beautifully shown in Facing Me, Facing You, a video narrated by the Creative Museum.
Sterling Silver Ashanti Comb
A friend pointed this out to me from E-Bay France. It is a masterpiece, and the way-too-expensive 850-euro price tag reflects it. There were only three copies made in the Nefertiti Gallery, located in the Dakar Region of Senegal. One … Continue reading
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Tagged ashanti sterling silver hair comb, dakar senegal, nefertiti gallery
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The African Aesthetic
Catherine Olliveaud and Alain Touzinaud, whose inspiring collection is featured in The Creative Museum have acquired some notable pieces of African art, which has a rich tradition of anthropomorphism, or carving emotions into animals, which display a profound understanding of … Continue reading
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Tagged african comb, akan, ghana, ivory coast, www.creative-museum.com, yaouree
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African Crowns of Ancestors
There is a book called, “Powerful Headdresses: Africa and Asia,” which documents the collection of Mrs. Myrna Brind, the wife of Philadelphia philanthropist, Ira Brind. On the cover is a chief’s crown of the Dogon People, who live in the … Continue reading
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Tagged African hair comb, bronze, crown, Dogon people, hair comb, mali
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Art Nouveau and Art Deco in One Face
Art Nouveau’s dedication to the natural world ignited European artists from 1890 – 1905. However, brilliant design has many faces, among them fashion still worn today. In the book, Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration from Africa, author Hans Sylvester reveals a … Continue reading
Posted in African Hair Comb, Art Deco, Art Nouveau
Tagged Africa, African headdress, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Mursi, Natural Fashion, Omo Valley, Surma
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Accra, Ghana
The illegal e-waste trade is thriving in Accra, Ghana. Young men burn old computers to extract and sell the copper. Photographer Quedraogo, a finalist in the Prix Pictet Competition, shows “The Hell of Copper.” A young man balances a crown … Continue reading
Creative-Museum.com
There is a completeness to this 2500-comb collection, as it spans the whole world and time. Most individual collections specialize. This museum brings together the love of many in a dazzling display of hair comb art. The pictures are a … Continue reading
The Solomon Islands
This comb comes from the Solomon Islands of Australia. Its curve was made by a flattened hand. Twenty-five dark-brown tapered wooden prongs form the teeth. The top is held together with thin strings of woven plant fiber, creating compatible red … Continue reading
Posted in African Hair Comb, Australian hair comb
Tagged ancient Egypt, hair comb, solomon islands
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