Fabulous. You know African comb making is rich in historical tradition. You can see the collection of the Creative Museum, http://www.creative-museum.com. Slavery took away everything, names, culture, oral history, language, everything. But somehow, in America the culture came out in other ways. In combs, I used to look at the pick combs in the supermarket and see them as the death of culture because in Africa, that handle used to be superbly carved symbols of fertility, ancestor worship, and history. Chiefs wore them. Then came the Black Power comb, and the idea to put a cultural symbol on the handle came back. Now you come to us with this! I absolutely love it. And I also love Obama.
Good Day Barbara Anne,
I have been enjoying your blog, so I wanted to share
my novelty comb project with you.
All the best,
John
http://www.indiegogo.com/presidentialpick
Fabulous. You know African comb making is rich in historical tradition. You can see the collection of the Creative Museum, http://www.creative-museum.com. Slavery took away everything, names, culture, oral history, language, everything. But somehow, in America the culture came out in other ways. In combs, I used to look at the pick combs in the supermarket and see them as the death of culture because in Africa, that handle used to be superbly carved symbols of fertility, ancestor worship, and history. Chiefs wore them. Then came the Black Power comb, and the idea to put a cultural symbol on the handle came back. Now you come to us with this! I absolutely love it. And I also love Obama.