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WorldHair stick
A long, thin accessory used to secure hair buns and updos.Adorned · Any hair
🇪🇬 EgyptNemes
Striped head cloth worn by ancient Egyptian pharaohs.Wrapped · Any hair
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreGuan Li
A traditional Han Chinese coming-of-age ritual for men involving the wearing of a guan cap.Wrapped
🇮🇳 IndiaGhoonghat
A headscarf worn by married women in parts of India to cover the face.Wrapped · Any hair
🇮🇳 IndiaTonsure
A religious practice of cutting or shaving scalp hair to signal devotion, humility, or clerical status.Shaved · Any hair
🇬🇷 Greece and 2 morePonytail
A practical hairstyle where hair is gathered and secured at the back of the head.Ponytail · Any hair
WorldChignon
A knotted hairstyle worn at the nape or back of the head.Updo · Any hair
WorldBraid
Interlaced strands of hair used for style and social signalling.Braid · Any hair
🇪🇬 EgyptSidelock of youth
Ancient Egyptian braided side hair worn by royal children.Braid · Any hair
🇩🇪 GermanySuebian knot
A historical male bun worn by the Suebi and other Germanic tribes to signal status and identity.Updo · Straight hair
🇮🇳 IndiaShikha
A traditional Hindu tuft of hair kept at the crown after shaving the rest of the head.Shaved · Any hair
🇳🇦 Namibia and 1 moreBox braids
Square-parted protective braids with synthetic extensions.Braid · Coily and kinky hair · 1990
🇻🇳 VietnamCurtained hair
A parted fringe with short sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1980
WorldLiberty spikes
Long, thick upright hair spikes resembling the Statue of Liberty crown.Styled · Any hair · 1970
🇬🇷 GreeceGreco-Roman hairstyles
Hair practices of ancient Greece and Rome, including long locks, short crops, and net head-dresses.Wrapped · Any hair
WorldNubian wig
A short, curly Ancient Egyptian wig mimicking Nubian tribal hair.Styled · Curly hair
EuropeRoman hairstyles
Ancient Roman hair fashions reflecting status and identityUpdo · Any hair
🇪🇬 Egypt and 4 moreWig
Artificial head covering made from human, animal or synthetic hair.Wrapped · Any hair
🇯🇵 JapanMizura
Ancient Japanese hairstyle with side locksStyled · Any hair
🇮🇷 IranKorymbos
A jewelled hair globe atop the crowns of Sasanian rulers.Adorned · 224
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tonsure: Pietro Perugino, Public domain, source
- Nemes: Trailer screenshot,, Public domain, source
- Sidelock of youth: Unknown artist, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Braid: Ciell, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ghoonghat: sushmita balasubramani, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ponytail: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Shikha: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- Suebian knot: Bullenwächter, CC BY 3.0, source
- Wig: David Ring, CC0, source
- Box braids: Randen Pederson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Curtained hair: Jacques-Émile Blanche, Public domain, source
- Liberty spikes: THOR, CC BY 2.0, source
- Nubian wig: Keith Schengili-Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Greco-Roman hairstyles: ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chignon: www.GlynLowe.com, CC BY 2.0, source
- Roman hairstyles: Colchester Museums, Caroline McDonald, 2004-06-02 14:47:52, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hair stick: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Korymbos: User:LouisAragon (uploader), CC BY-SA 2.5, source