Art displaying the Hair exhibit. The name of the exhibit sounded very uninteresting, but I

was proven wrong. The first thing that I learned from this exhibit is that in Africa the way

your hair is done represents your position in society. Your hair was probably one of the

most important if not thee most important thing to an African person. A person was

distinguished into which clan or group he or she was in by his or her hair style. If you

were a very wealthy person your hair was extremely well done to make you stand out, be

respected and to show that you were from a high class. Leadership was usually associated

with wealth. Also if a female's hair was messy that showed that she was a prostitute. The

way a child hair was showed how old he or she is. For a baby child the hair was mostly

compacted near the fontanel part of the brain to protect the baby since that is the most

sensitive part of the baby's brain. Other signs that distinguished an African from another

African was his facial scars. Facial scar

Some of the carvings show people eating, working, people trading, slaves and guards.

celebrate ones development into adulthood. Also it is there custom to dance in rituals.

the wilderness now. I don't think that this is the reason why the sculpture was done. The

hunting for food is done as a family. Every member of the family must participate in this

called Nkisi N' Kondi. It was a hand made metal sculptor of a person with many metal

have been very strong and smart. He probably lived a very happy and prosperous life.

guidance and for socializing. Probably some of the African groups that used figures

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