Museum object · Accessories and Personal Effects
Afro hair comb with black fist design
2002-2014
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Plastic and metal afro-pick manufactured by Eden Enterprise, Inc. Afro-hair pick has black plastic handle shaped like a raised hand in fist. In relief on plastic handle, reads [Eden/Christina MJ/MADE IN CHINA]. Teeth of pick are metal. Packaging is still sealed. Packaging is white plastic, with afro-pick in pouch between white plastic backing and a clear front plastic, so item can be seen (on one side only). Front of packaging, at top, reads [Eden] in white in the red top left corner, with [METAL FISTPIK] in black in center of the top section of the package with blue and green leaf and flower like depictions in the background. The back of the packaging is all white, with the top portion reading [Eden] in red at the top, with [Distributed by/EDEN Enterprise, Inc./Skokie, IL 60077/Made In China] in blue underneath, all aligned to the left.
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Catalog reference: 2014.125.2
