hair matters. head, 2500-800 bp (500bc-200ad) terracotta
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Hair Matters
Head,2500-800 BP(500BC-200AD)Terracotta
Head of a female OoniIfe (Yoruba) NigeriaTerracotta800-700 BP
Olowe, Offering Bowl,Yoruba, NigeriaWood, pigmentEarly 20th century
Mother and childYoruba, NigeriaWood, pigments, fiber20th century
Sowei Headdress,Sande society, (Gola, Vai Peoples)Liberia Sierra LeoneWood, pigment20th centuryRelative luminosity/shinning smoothness
Sande society initiates,Bandi, Liberia
Figure,Fanti, GhanaWood, fabric, beads20th century
Various stages of coiffure makingFanti, GhanaEarly 20th century
Comb,Baule, Ivory Coast,Wood, gold, thread20th century
Hairpin /hair spoonsZulu PeoplesIvory,
Bhaca woman with hairpinsSouth Africa
Hairstyle made with fruit pipsWando Peoples, Namibia
Woman with wig Southwest, Angola
Banza manDemocratic Republic of Congo
Berber woman with musical instrument
Woman with coiffure in the Form of a crest with ornamentsAnd comb,Igbo Peoples, Nigeria
Woman with feather and other Hair ornaments,Oulad-Hamid, SudanEarly 20th century
Child with fontanel protectionMambila, Cameroon
(Dada—Alaade ori) Omo’lokun,Dread locks,Yoruba/Edo Peoples, Nigeria20th century
Bolaji Campbell, Abiku,Soil on canvas,1993
Girl with her dollMwila, Angola
Doll,Mwila, AngolaWood, fiber, beads
Basket like coiffure,Mangbetu Peoples,Democratic Republic of Congo
Magbetu womanD.R. Congo
Fulani woman with elaborateCoiffure,20th century
Fan-shaped Coiffure, Zande Peoples, D.R. Congo
Man with comb in hairKassanga Peoples, Guinea
Man with dreadlocksBrooklyn, New York
Toni Morrison,Nobel Laureate for Literature
Denis Rodman
Venus Williams