Bloodlines Bantu Braides Knots by Jazmine Haynes

Owl & the Pussycat Salon, 154 Vanderbilt Ave

The mural questions the relation of hair, identity, and the preservation of one’s culture. Hair Braiding is an act of cultural preservation—it’s an heirloom, a tradition passed down from a mother to a child. It connects the identity of one’s ancestral African lineage to black culture today.