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🇷🇴 Romania and 4 moreChristian head covering
A cloth veil worn by Christian women for modesty and worship.Wrapped · Any hair
🇬🇧 United KingdomSnood
A net or cloth bag that holds hair at the back of the head.Wrapped · Any hair · 1590
🇪🇸 Spain and 2 moreMantilla
A traditional Spanish lace or silk veil worn over the head and shoulders, often with a comb.Wrapped · 1500
🇮🇳 IndiaTonsure
A religious practice of cutting or shaving scalp hair to signal devotion, humility, or clerical status.Shaved · Any hair
WorldPayot
Sidelocks worn by Orthodox Jewish men based on religious law.Styled · Curly hair
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreHair extensions
Cosmetic additions of human or synthetic hair attached to natural hair for length and volume.Styled · Any hair · 1950
🇮🇱 IsraelJewish headcovering
A religious practice requiring married Orthodox Jewish women to cover their hair in public.Wrapped · 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
- Snood: Adolph von Menzel, 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
- Jewish headcovering: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Payot: Mark Neyman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hair extensions: Eunicehair, CC BY-SA 4.0, source