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^^No car, I've seen that wooden depiction before and I know that the guy's hair is natural.
Usually the round wigs are much rounder and most of all, like all Egyptian wigs, they cover the ears.
I was just asking if anyone has any pics of Egyptians wearing round wigs. There already an ample amount of pics showing Egyptians with their natural 'fros!
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Yeah, ancient Egyptian women wore extensions or unnatural hair braided in with their original hair. Rural Egyptian fellahin females also wore extensions untill recently. Nubian children wore the side lock of youth as documented by Amelia Edwards. Most Egyptian females shaved their heads or wore wigs like the ones shown. One exaception is the scene of the little girl in the tomb of Nebamun Fowling in the Marshes.
Don't know about the round wigs but Pepi I or II is shown with this type of wig I believe.
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quote:Originally posted by ausar: Yeah, ancient Egyptian women wore extensions or unnatural hair braided in with their original hair. Rural Egyptian fellahin females also wore extensions untill recently...
So I guess it's true that Egyptian women were no different from some West African women or even African American women for that matter!
It's no wonder that many of the women's hairstyles I've seen in the tomb paintings, I can also see in downtown Decatur! LOL
Seriously though!
quote:Nubian children wore the side lock of youth as documented by Amelia Edwards.
So I've heard. I wonder why some Egyptologists and some other sources still associate the side-lock of youth to royalty when there are so many common people wearing them.
quote:Most Egyptian females shaved their heads or wore wigs like the ones shown. One exaception is the scene of the little girl in the tomb of Nebamun Fowling in the Marshes.
How do they know that the little girl has her natural hair?
quote:Don't know about the round wigs but Pepi I or II is shown with this type of wig I believe.
Actually I've seen it alot in countless pictures of various other royals and nobles, but for some reason I don't see that many on the net.
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quote:Originally posted by Djehuti: I was just asking if anyone has any pics of Egyptians wearing round wigs. There already an ample amount of pics showing Egyptians with their natural 'fros!
Not sure if this counts:
Kiya: Mother of King Tutankhamun 18th Dynasty, Egypt
One knee on the ground and the other up and forward in a kneeling position. Her arms are raised before her in prayer. She wears a Nubian wig often seen on Amarna's royal women.
Image and text from the book Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, by Zahi Hawass, National Geographic, 2005.
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quote:So I've heard. I wonder why some Egyptologists and some other sources still associate the side-lock of youth to royalty when there are so many common people wearing them
Might be mostly because what evidence we have of ancient Egyptian life comes from nobel people or royalthy. Very little artwork is of the lowerclasses and their children exist. You have to understand that Egyptology is often theorethical and based upon scant evidence.
quote:Most Egyptian females shaved their heads or wore wigs like the ones shown. One exaception is the scene of the little girl in the tomb of Nebamun Fowling in the Marshes.
Djehuti said:
quote:How do they know that the little girl has her natural hair?
Because the braids growing out of her head has no white band on it like the examples in the Banquet scene.
__Notice the little girl on the bottom. Wish I had a way to make the picture more close up but this was all I could find.
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I also found this Amenhotep the 3rd wearing round wig. This also looks like someone wearing round wigs. Posts: 9651 | From: Reace and Love City. | Registered: Oct 2005
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Speaking of Kiya's style of wig, exactly why did Egyptologists choose to call such a style 'Nubian' in the first place??
Is such a style really connected to any 'Nubian' people?
Good question. My guess is that the wigs are the styles of what was worn in Nubia. They both had much more in common than just hair styles.
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^^As far as having more in common than hairstyles, we all know that, but my question is whether the said style of wig was a style that was conceived by 'Nubians' first and then adopted by the Egyptians??
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So I've heard. I wonder why some Egyptologists and some other sources still associate the side-lock of youth to royalty when there are so many common people wearing them.
Indeed; with regards to the general populace, we are told...
"As children grew, they apparently had carefree periods in their lives. There have been many toys and games found in excavations, and paintings showing children playing together. The children wrestled, raced, played tug of war, used small doll-like figures of animals, boats, balls, and danced, just like children do today. They had birds or dogs for pets. Very young children often went naked, or with girdles around their waists. Their hair was worn in a braided plait, with the end rolled up in a curl, the familiar "sidelock" of youth." - Marie Parsons, Childbirth and Children in Ancient EgyptPosts: 5964 | Registered: Jan 2005
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What about the 'Nubian' wig?? Who first coined the term and why? Did the style really originate from 'Nubia'?
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What is the validity of calling the wig Nubian? Are they (eurocentrist) insinuating that:
1)It originate in the gold mine regions of Ancient Egypt. 2)It did not originate in Ancient Egypt at all. 3)It was not part of ancient egypt's culture) and came from outside of Anceint Egypt?
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quote:Originally posted by Djehuti: I was just asking if anyone has any pics of Egyptians wearing round wigs. There already an ample amount of pics showing Egyptians with their natural 'fros!
Not sure if this counts:
Kiya: Mother of King Tutankhamun 18th Dynasty, Egypt
One knee on the ground and the other up and forward in a kneeling position. Her arms are raised before her in prayer. She wears a Nubian wig often seen on Amarna's royal women.
Image and text from the book Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, by Zahi Hawass, National Geographic, 2005.
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quote:Originally posted by Haru: Akhenaton's daughter Himba woman
Actually sorry to point out again, but the Egyptian depiction of Akhenaton's daughter, Ankhesenamun (which is also Tut's wife and half-sister) is not hair on top of her head but another crown! It is the crown of cobras commonly worn by royal women. LOL
Dude, I suggest you first try to distinguish what is hair and what is headdress first before you can make any comparisons. Posts: 26239 | From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Registered: Feb 2005
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quote: Actually sorry to point out again, but the Egyptian depiction of Akhenaton's daughter, Ankhesenamun (which is also Tut's wife and half-sister) is not hair on top of her head but another crown! It is the crown of cobras commonly worn by royal women. LOL
Dude, I suggest you first try to distinguish what is hair and what is headdress first before you can make any comparisons.
I did not make any comparison with the hair.I did not even make any comments on my post!,I just posted 2 pictures. Yes,I know how to distinguish what is hair and what is headdress. Yes,I know what is the crown of cobras commonly worn by royal women. Did you notice anything in common with this 2 Pictures?
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quote:Originally posted by Haru: I did not make any comparison with the hair.I did not even make any comments on my post!,I just posted 2 pictures. Yes,I know how to distinguish what is hair and what is headdress. Yes,I know what is the crown of cobras commonly worn by royal women. Did you notice anything in common with this 2 Pictures?
Not really? What do you see that is common? I suggest maybe comparing closer groups such as East Africans and even West Africans on the other side of the Sahara. Not that there isn't anything similar with them at all , but I just caution agaisnt comparisons with distant groups like the Himba.
quote:Originally posted by COTONOU_BY_NIGHT: Could any of you people explain me how was the well-known nHs colored haircut made?
Do you think it was made in a somehow similar way to this Turkana man's?
Many Nilotic groups use ochre or clay to dye their hair. I believe that maybe red clay he has on his head.
The Egyptians mainly used henna to dye their hair red which is also used by groups like the Beja and even those in the Horn.
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If you are implying a Nilotic connection with the Nehesi, of course! I have noticed that a long time ago.
The ostrich feather as well as the red and sometimes yellow dyed hair is exactly like the kind Nilotic peoples like Turkana and Shilluk wear.
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Thanks, but again what I'm wondering if that the same use of clay to color hair was likely used by nHsjw.
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^ Notice many of the Nehesi above have blonde colored hair as well. I have noticed Nilotic people who dye their hair blonde as well as red.
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There is nothing specific. Only that there are Nilotic groups today that have strikingly similar hairstyles-- hair that has been dyed with ochre or clay.
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Not really? What do you see that is common? I suggest maybe comparing closer groups such as East Africans and even West Africans on the other side of the Sahara. Not that there isn't anything similar with them at all , but I just caution agaisnt comparisons with distant groups like the Himba.
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