The human hair : popularly and physiologically considered with special reference to its preservation, improvement and adornment, and the various modes of its decoration in all countries / by Alexander Rowland.

  • Rowland, Alexander.
Date:
1853
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Credit: The human hair : popularly and physiologically considered with special reference to its preservation, improvement and adornment, and the various modes of its decoration in all countries / by Alexander Rowland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER III. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION—ASIA AND THE EASTERN ISLANDS. Customs of Wearing the Hair by the ancient Assyrians, the Persians and Parsees, Arabs and Bedouins. Toilettes of the Egyptian Ladies. Dyeing the Eyelids. The Vale of Cashmere. Natives of Cutch and Sindh. Affghans. Qualifications of a Singhalese Belle. Tortoise-shell Combs worn by the Ceylonese Chiefs. Magnificent Jewelled Hair-pins used by the Ladies. Hindoo and Chinese Customs. Itinerant Barbers of the Celestial Empire. Depilation in Practice among the Malays and Asiatics. Dexterityvand Skill of the Japanese Hairdressers. Style of wearing the Hair by Children. Dyaks of Borneo. Elaborate mode of Dressing the Hair in the Melacoshima Islands. Erizzed Hair of the Papuan race 24—30 CHAPTER IV. AFRICA—THE NEGRO OR ETHIOPIAN RACE. National Customs of Wearing the Hair in various Tribes. The Ashantees, Eoulahs, Mandingoes, &c. Beard worn Striped Grey and Black. Elaxen Locks Artificially Obtained. Spinsters alone to Wear the Head Uncovered. Number of Locks of Hair worn an Indication of Successful Warfare among the Galla Tribes. Abyssinian Race. Tasteful Braids of the Bisharee Women. Singular Hair of the Hottentots and Kafirs. Strongly Frizzled Hah- of the Nubians. Eashionable Hairdressing in the African Desert. Ealse Tails and Ealse Locks used by the Negresses of Madagascar. An African Monarch's Expedient 31—35 CHAPTER V. AUSTRALASIAN ISLANDS AND THE PACIFIC. Natives of Australia. Headgear of the Aboriginal Ladies. Custom and Practices of the New Zealanders. Beard Plucked Out. Eeathers of various Birds Worn. Grey Hair and Baldness Un- common. Peculiar character of the Hair of the Papuan Negro. Wigs worn in New Guinea. Mop-headed Indians. Natives of New Caledonia. Wooden Combs Worn. Singular kinds of Arti- ficial Tresses. Taste of the Polynesians evidenced in their
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