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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 374985, member: 2844"]I think the masks are replicas.</p><p>The comb has nothing to do with nits, but is a regular African afro hair comb. The only way to comb African or Melanesian hair is with one of those, fine-toothed combs don't work. The long things are hairpins.</p><p>An afro hair comb is also worn as a hair ornament, which is an easy way to carry it around when you feel you have to keep styling your afro. It has now become a symbol of identity as well. And you can look quite stylish wearing one:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcTrCV81eKOpD-A_a3W63nrWkY0XXea7CegEqgsZp7s9UZh9QDlnfA&sp=6c67e3243e2644886bca51d355c2d41c&anticache=766189" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 374985, member: 2844"]I think the masks are replicas. The comb has nothing to do with nits, but is a regular African afro hair comb. The only way to comb African or Melanesian hair is with one of those, fine-toothed combs don't work. The long things are hairpins. An afro hair comb is also worn as a hair ornament, which is an easy way to carry it around when you feel you have to keep styling your afro. It has now become a symbol of identity as well. And you can look quite stylish wearing one: [IMG]https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcTrCV81eKOpD-A_a3W63nrWkY0XXea7CegEqgsZp7s9UZh9QDlnfA&sp=6c67e3243e2644886bca51d355c2d41c&anticache=766189[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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