Thank you Arthur, I'm also pleased to annouce that in 2013 we will be
having an exhibition on the History of the African Comb in Cambridge.
I'm just starting research on the project, so if anyone has any hair
combs (of any period) they would like to share, please do contact me
([log in to unmask]). I'm very much hoping that this will be a community
focused exhibition and will be interviewing people about their hair
experiences and hair combs.
best wishes
sally-ann
arthur torrington wrote:
> The above attachment shows a version of the comb which (I was told) was
> used circa 5,000 BC and which was found in Nubia. I saw it on a visit to
> Aswan/Egypt's Nubia Museum. Notice the giraffe handle. That was a time
> when Egypt and Nubia enjoyed the presence of a variety of animals which
> can no longer live there as they did millennia ago.
>
> Congratulations to Sally-Ann for the good work she is doing in Cambridge.
>
> arthur
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> Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 12:14:45 +0000
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> Subject: Ancient Egyptian afro-combs....
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> *KEMET: THE BLACK*
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> *LAND*
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> Did you know that the Ancient
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> Egyptians used afro-combs and
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> braided their hair with beads?
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> Explore the Fitzwilliam Museum’s
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> Egyptian galleries on-line to learn
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> about Ancient Egypt’s cultural links to
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> the rest of Africa
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> The galleries can be found on-line at:
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> http://fitzmuseum/dept/ant/egypt/kemet
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> /virtualkemet/
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> A DVD version with virtual tours and teaching
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> resources is available from Dr Sally-Ann Ashton,
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> Senior Assistant Keeper in the Department of
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> Antiquities and curator of the Egyptian collection at
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> the Fitzwilliam Museum. Contact [log in to unmask]
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> or 01223 332905 for further information
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