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🇷🇴 Romania and 4 moreChristian head covering
A cloth veil worn by Christian women for modesty and worship.Wrapped · Any hair
WorldHistorical Christian hairstyles
A survey of hair practices in Christianity from antiquity to the early modern period.Shaved · Any hair
🇪🇸 Spain and 2 moreMantilla
A traditional Spanish lace or silk veil worn over the head and shoulders, often with a comb.Wrapped · 1500
🇺🇦 UkraineUkrainian wreath
Traditional floral headdress for Ukrainian girls and unmarried womenWrapped · Any hair
WorldHeadscarf
A triangular or square cloth folded to cover the hair and head while leaving the face visible.Wrapped · Any hair
🇮🇳 IndiaTonsure
A religious practice of cutting or shaving scalp hair to signal devotion, humility, or clerical status.Shaved · Any hair
🇬🇧 United KingdomLovelock
A single long braid worn over the left shoulder by 17th-century Europeans.Braid · Any hair · 1580
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
- Headscarf: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ukrainian wreath: Samuil Dudin (1863-1929), Public domain, source
- Christian head covering: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mantilla: Museu Valencià d'Etnologia, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lovelock: Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641) Details on Google Art Project, Public domain, source