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WorldHistorical Christian hairstyles
A survey of hair practices in Christianity from antiquity to the early modern period.Shaved · Any hair
🇰🇷 South KoreaGache
A heavy traditional Korean wig worn by high-status women and kisaeng.Wrapped · Any hair · 1788
WorldHair stick
A long, thin accessory used to secure hair buns and updos.Adorned · Any hair
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreBuyao
A Chinese hairpin with dangling ornaments that sway when the wearer moves.Adorned · Any hair
🇰🇷 South KoreaDaenggi
A traditional Korean ribbon used to tie and decorate braided hair.Adorned
🇮🇳 IndiaTonsure
A religious practice of cutting or shaving scalp hair to signal devotion, humility, or clerical status.Shaved · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk
A hairstyle with shaved sides and a central strip of longer hair.Shaved · Any hair · 1970
🇨🇳 ChinaQueue
A historical hairstyle featuring a shaved forehead and a long braided tail of hair.Braid · 1645
🇯🇵 JapanChonmage
Traditional Japanese topknot worn by men, historically by samurai and now by sumo wrestlers.Updo · Straight hair · 1603
🇵🇱 Poland and 1 morePolish plait
A matted hair formation viewed as both a medical condition and a folk amulet in Eastern Europe.Styled · Coily and kinky hair · 1600
🇩🇪 GermanySuebian knot
A historical male bun worn by the Suebi and other Germanic tribes to signal status and identity.Updo · Straight hair
🇵🇱 PolandCzupryna
A traditional Polish haircut with shaved sides and a long top, worn by nobility.Cut · 1308
🇷🇼 RwandaAmasunzu
A traditional Rwandan hairstyle featuring crescent-shaped hair crests.Styled
🇰🇷 South KoreaSangtu
Traditional Korean topknot worn by married men.Updo · Any hair · 57
WorldShort hair
A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920
🇬🇧 United KingdomCockernonnie
A mid-19th century Scottish updo where hair was gathered into a bun.Updo · Any hair · 1850
🇷🇺 RussiaRussian braid
A traditional long plait from Russia with historic marital meanings.Braid · Any hair
🇮🇱 IsraelJewish headcovering
A religious practice requiring married Orthodox Jewish women to cover their hair in public.Wrapped · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesLemonade braids
Side-swept cornrows popularised by Beyoncé in 2016Braid · Coily and kinky hair · 2016
🇪🇹 EthiopiaShuruba
Traditional Ethiopian cornrows and braids worn by women and men.Braid · Any hair
🇬🇧 United KingdomPsyche knot
A soft, low bun popular in the Edwardian era.Updo · Any hair · 1900
🇯🇵 JapanNihongami
Traditional Japanese hairstyles featuring structured wings and topknots, worn by women in historical periods and by geisUpdo · Straight hair
WorldPigtails
A hairstyle featuring two symmetrical ponytails or braids on opposite sides of the head.Ponytail · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk
A haircut with shaved sides and a central strip of upright hair.Cut · Straight hair · 1970
🇲🇱 Mali and 1 moreGoffa
Traditional braided style with metal adornments for married women in Mali and Niger.Braid · Any hair
🇰🇷 South KoreaGache
A heavy traditional Korean wig worn by high-status women and kisaeng.Wrapped · Any hair · 1788
WorldHair stick
A long, thin accessory used to secure hair buns and updos.Adorned · Any hair
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreBuyao
A Chinese hairpin with dangling ornaments that sway when the wearer moves.Adorned · Any hair
🇰🇷 South KoreaDaenggi
A traditional Korean ribbon used to tie and decorate braided hair.Adorned
🇮🇳 IndiaTonsure
A religious practice of cutting or shaving scalp hair to signal devotion, humility, or clerical status.Shaved · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk
A hairstyle with shaved sides and a central strip of longer hair.Shaved · Any hair · 1970
🇨🇳 ChinaQueue
A historical hairstyle featuring a shaved forehead and a long braided tail of hair.Braid · 1645
🇯🇵 JapanChonmage
Traditional Japanese topknot worn by men, historically by samurai and now by sumo wrestlers.Updo · Straight hair · 1603
🇵🇱 Poland and 1 morePolish plait
A matted hair formation viewed as both a medical condition and a folk amulet in Eastern Europe.Styled · Coily and kinky hair · 1600
🇩🇪 GermanySuebian knot
A historical male bun worn by the Suebi and other Germanic tribes to signal status and identity.Updo · Straight hair
🇵🇱 PolandCzupryna
A traditional Polish haircut with shaved sides and a long top, worn by nobility.Cut · 1308
🇷🇼 RwandaAmasunzu
A traditional Rwandan hairstyle featuring crescent-shaped hair crests.Styled
🇰🇷 South KoreaSangtu
Traditional Korean topknot worn by married men.Updo · Any hair · 57
WorldShort hair
A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920
🇬🇧 United KingdomCockernonnie
A mid-19th century Scottish updo where hair was gathered into a bun.Updo · Any hair · 1850
🇷🇺 RussiaRussian braid
A traditional long plait from Russia with historic marital meanings.Braid · Any hair
🇮🇱 IsraelJewish headcovering
A religious practice requiring married Orthodox Jewish women to cover their hair in public.Wrapped · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesLemonade braids
Side-swept cornrows popularised by Beyoncé in 2016Braid · Coily and kinky hair · 2016
🇪🇹 EthiopiaShuruba
Traditional Ethiopian cornrows and braids worn by women and men.Braid · Any hair
🇬🇧 United KingdomPsyche knot
A soft, low bun popular in the Edwardian era.Updo · Any hair · 1900
🇯🇵 JapanNihongami
Traditional Japanese hairstyles featuring structured wings and topknots, worn by women in historical periods and by geisUpdo · Straight hair
WorldPigtails
A hairstyle featuring two symmetrical ponytails or braids on opposite sides of the head.Ponytail · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk
A haircut with shaved sides and a central strip of upright hair.Cut · Straight hair · 1970
🇲🇱 Mali and 1 moreGoffa
Traditional braided style with metal adornments for married women in Mali and Niger.Braid · Any hair
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
- Pigtails: Yogi, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Czupryna: Nieznany malarz polski, Public domain, source
- Gache: KIYOUNG KIM, CC BY 2.0, source
- Daenggi: Korean_Folk_Village-Women_in_hanbok-02.jpg : parhessiastes, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Buyao: anonymous, Public domain, source
- Jewish headcovering: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Queue: Lai Afong, Public domain, source
- Suebian knot: Bullenwächter, CC BY 3.0, source
- Nihongami: 都新聞社 Miyako Shinbun, Public domain, source
- Sangtu: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- Russian braid: Philip Budkin, Public domain, source
- Mohawk: Duke.emerson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Polish plait: Adrian Grycuk, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, source
- Cockernonnie: Arnold Genthe, Public domain, source
- Hair stick: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Short hair: Alex Neman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chonmage: not listed, Public domain, source
- Mohawk: Godmodeking, CC BY-SA 3.0, source