Afro pick (fist-handle hair pick)

CTL-E-1335 · Work · other · unspecified

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Object biography (11 documented links). Full chain in object-biographies.json.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from LIFE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-LIFE-001:CTL-LIFE-E-075; source research type(s): object. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2014.125.2 (primary source)
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/401235 (primary source)
https://pickprogressproject.com/history/
https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/2013/10/28/african-hair-combs-a-conservators-comment/
https://www.ndinsider.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/24/afro-rises/98327072/

Record CTL-E-1335 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 5 sources (2 primary) · CTL research: LIFE-001.
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