Comments on: African Hats and Hair

African Hats and Hair

plep — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:39:26 -0800

Hats Off! A Salute to African Headwear. 'Many African cultures throughout the continent have long considered the head the center of one's being--a source of individual and collective identity, power, intelligence and ability. Adorning the head as part of everyday attire or as a statement, therefore, is especially significant. '
Related :- African Loxo: photos of hairstyles from the Fifties (in French); mathematical patterns in African American hairstyles.

By: plep

plep — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:42:34 -0800

Also African barber signs.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 11:16:32 -0800

Neat.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 17:19:33 -0800

plep, I see with your third link you are keeping with the recent mefi math art craze ;-) I love, love, love these signs. Maybe iconomy will go to the salon with me and we can get new 'do-s. btw - the Hats Off site (a neat little exhibit) leads to this fabulous array of African exhibits. Nice stuff as always, plep!

By: plep

plep — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 23:24:25 -0800

Thinks :- Next time mjjj comes to the UK, she really must visit the Pitt Rivers Museums where some of these barber signs are exhibited!

By: taz

taz — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 03:05:09 -0800

These are wonderful links, plep. I was blown away by the portraits (especially the second group) in the African Loxo site... so wonderful. More African hats (check out the wooden "bowler" at the bottom left.) from the really wonderful Hat Horizons exhibit of headgear from around the world. calling languagehat, come in, languagehat...

By: falameufilho

falameufilho — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:57:16 -0800

The math thing is IgNobel material.