Whole collection 8X lot warrior combs - comb - Black iron - Akikyer - Dodoth - Karamojong Turkana Masai - Karamoja - Uganda

Whole collection 8X lot rare ancient handmade Dodoth warrior combs (Akikyer) from Karamoja, north-eastern Uganda. Estimated age: 1930-1950. Dimensions: 5. 2 cm x 11. 9 cm, 5. 5 cm x 12 cm, 5 cm x 12. 4 cm, 4. 9 cm x 12. 3 cm, 3. 9 cm x 9. 3 cm, 5. 1 cm x 10. 2 cm, 4 cm x 9. 1 cm, 5. 4 cm x 12. 1 cm. Name: the Karamojong word for this comb is Akikyer, which means "young head". In the past, young Dodoth warriors received from the elders, handmade by the blacksmiths, an Akikyer before their first war mission; they had to keep it as ornament on their hair for their entire warrior life. Tribe: Dodoth tribe, Karamojaland, north-eastern Uganda. Materials: iron and copper. This type of comb is very rare to find nowadays due to social changes in the area. In the past, it was worn exclusively by Dodoth warriors. Some informations about Dodoth tribe: The present inhabitants of Karamoja are the Karamojong tribes. The main Karamojong tribes are 7: the Matheniko ("The Bulls"; Moroto area) , the Bokora ("The Turtles"; Kangole area) , the Pian ("The Lightings"; Namalu area) , the Jie ("The Warriors"; Kotido area) , the Dodoth ("The Ostriches"; Kaabong and Kidepo area) , the Jiye (The Jie of South Sudan) , the Nyangatom ("those of the yellow trumpet"; Omo valley, Ethiopia and nearby South Sudan-Ethiopia border) , scattered all along the Karamojong area. The Karamojong tribes are related to Masai people, forced to move centuries ago from their original lands located in Ethiopia by the arrival of arabian tribes from the north. We found these warrior combs on 1988 on the villages on the foothills of mount Morungole, northern Karamoja.