Minneapolis Institute of Art
Comb
Akan artistLinkedCulture matchlcp-e6af41896478
- Date
- 20th century
- Medium
- Wood
- Culture
- Akan
- Department
- Arts of Global Africa
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 60755
Hairstyles have long reflected personal aesthetics in African and African-American cultures. And when adorned with extensions, beads, pins, or combs, they can indicate a person’s status, ethnic origin, gender, profession, or even what phase of life they’re in. These three combs, from West and Central Africa, show how African artists turn even everyday objects into accomplished carvings. Akan, Ghana
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- Gift of George W. Rickey in memory of Edith L. Rickey
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