Songye Comb

Africa, D. R. Congo

Songye Comb

Songe, Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Wood; H 24 cm

There are only the frizzy, long, curly hair, twisted into a corkscrew, for such a cosmetic object. All black Africa has this kind of comb: Pharaonic Egypt, Congo, Zambia, Gambia, Sierra

Leone, Liberia, Togo, Cameroon…

Type: African Civilisation, Carving
Material: Wood
Dimensions: 300cm in height
Credit: Pan African Heritage Museum

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After Centuries of Separation, Peoples of African Descent have an obligation to share a common space to bridge the wide gap that has existed among them through deliberate miseducation and historical suppression. PAHM aims to correct this miseducation.