Old African scarification knives from Congo

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Originally Posted by Kmaddock

Hard to see how it is a secret membership when you are displaying your membership so openly though

Regards
Ken

...not secret for the Congolese ( wrong word as there are so many tribes in what is called Congo) and or other Africans but secret for the colonial "masters" who in their "superiority" prejudice often either ignored or underestimated these cultures...and hence didn't understand these signs

Similar like the green tattoos of the North African women did not mean anything to the French and Spannish but would tell you a lot about the specific woman