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Baule Elephant Comb
Côte d'Ivoire - Ivory Coast
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This is well used Baule (Baoule) comb. The Baule reside in both Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
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The comb was most like made in the Ivory Coast - as the maker carved 300 F (Francs) to one side.
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South East African Combs
Tanzania / Mozambique / Zanzibar
MOCAMBIQUE - ASPECTOS DA CULTURA MATERIAL
Combs related to the example in the example in the Universidade De Coimbra at the Instituto De Antropologia in Portugal, were once found in Zanzibar in the north, to Mozambique in the south.
Example 'A'
The double sided comb above displays 4 abstract or stylized faces - two on either side.
Swahili Sisters Grooming Hair - Circa 1900
Example 'B'
Combs were articles of adornment, often double sided and used as hair decorations.
Example 'C'
T his example is almost identical to that at the Universidade De Coimbra in Portugal - above top.
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Ba Yaka Hair Comb Angola - Congo
This late 19th or early 20th century Yaka hair comb is typical of early collected examples, in that they seldom had more than four tines.
The patina on this rare and authentic example honey yellowed and deep.
The Yaka live along the Kwango river in Angola and DRC. Oral history indicates that the Yaka and Suku were part of an invasion against the Kongo Kingdom that came from the Lunda plateau in the 16th century.
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Ba Songye - Songe Hair Combs DRC - Congo
Zagourski and Bernatzik photographs taken in the early 20th century.
Galerie Ezakwantu purchased a collection of reed combs or hair ornaments, collected in the Congo during colonial times. Some are double sided, while others are single and or wired. Copper, brass and nickel plated iron wire was used in the region. Wooden wicker tines were carved to form, narrowed, widened, bound with wire and / or reed, creating pleasing hair ornaments meant to adorn the hair and please the eye.
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Example 'A'
Example 'B' Example 'C'
Example 'D' Example 'E'
Example 'F' Example 'G'
Example 'H' Example 'I'
Early collected, aesthetically pleasing,
Songye related hair combs.
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Snuff Spoons - Hair Ornaments
Zulu - Bhaca - Pondo - Circa 1900
Ivy's Albums - Lynn Acutt Duggan-Cronin - Bone Hair Ornament Snuff spoons were for the most part carved from bone. We know of wooden and ivory examples, as well as those of hippo tooth. Photographic evidence shows the core production area as Pondoland. The Pondo were well known for their snuff spoons, which were objects also intended to be hair ornaments and combs.
Our two examples are offered as a pair.
Many 19th century illustrations and photographs depict Southern African indigenous people adorned with snuff spoons or related hair ornaments that decorate their hair, coiffure, or in use. On the left is a Bhaca woman a to the right, an Pondo.
They are decorated with fine detailed decorations.
Sangoma by Duggan-Cronin
This photograph was taken by Duggan-Cronin of a Sangoma from the Eastern Cape taking snuff.
The taking of snuff was a widespread practice exercised by both male and female Southern African tribal peoples. The Bhaca - Pondo and Zulu are all well documented for having made these prestigious snuff spoons, which also served as a comb to adorn the head. Below - a painting by G F Angus that includes a multi-tined snuff spoon - circa 1849.
ZULU - George French Angas - The Kafirs Illustrated - 1849
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