West African Barber’s Double-Sided Sign on Wood Panel signed NRD, 1996 holiday gift Hand-forged wrought iron with rivets

Hand-forged wrought iron with rivets joining individual pieces on the rack

apparently once denounced shredded wheat as tasteless: "like eating a whisk broom

New York in 1947

crafted from fishing twine while out at sea and typically intended as love tokens to be delivered upon return

West African Barber’s Double-Sided Sign on Wood Panel signed NRD, 1996 holiday gift Hand-forged wrought iron with rivetsI believe this original hand painted barber shop sign is most likely from Burkino Faso, and I have actually found another (featured in the virtual Museum of Uncut Funk by, I believe, the same artist that one signed with the R of NRD elaborated to spell Rasmane. West African Barber shop hairdressers signs like this, dating from the 1970s to present, have become quite collectible, and were are often made by artists specialized in making them. I love the