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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Myra Wysinger: [QB] [IMG]http://wysinger.homestead.com/kenya1.jpg[/IMG] [b]Use and Meaning:[/b] Headrest are so often described as being used to support or protect the elaborate coiffures (hairstyles) that the statement has become a trusim. Too often downplayed is the purpose of these coiffures and why they need protection. Of course there is the common urge to adorn and beautify, and the days of labor invested in constructing are reason in themselves to protect the hair with a headrest while sleeping. [b]However there is reason which is often glossed over or ignored. Coiffures frequently declare their owner's age, gender, rank or status, and are often embellished and/or empowered by accoutrements and charms of a magico-religious nature. They then become sign, symbols and potent empowering devices that must be protected.[/b] [b]Text Reference:[/b] [i]Sleeping Beauties, The Jerome L. Joss Collectiion of African Headrests at UCLA,[/i] by William J. Dewey, University of California, Los Angeles, 1993 [b]Coiffures (hairstyles)[/b] [IMG]http://nubianhairsupplies.homestead.com/6images_op_375x600.jpg[/IMG] [b]Natives of Ugogo, east central Africa Gogo[/b] Source Title: Illustrated London news. Publisher: London : Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd., 1842 [IMG]http://nubianhairsupplies.homestead.com/hair2lg.jpg[/IMG] [b]Woman with coiffure in the form of a crest with ornaments and comb[/b]. Igbo, Nigeria, West Africa Photo: Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal. A coiffure is perfected by various decorations: cowries, beads, mother-of-pearl buttons, medals, pieces of silver, amber balls, metal rings, and pins of wood, bone or ivory. In the West African Sahel, the Fulbe and Peul (Fulani) cultivate impressive hairstyles. [b]For purposes to do with magic, a man or woman may also attach amulets to certain hairdos[/b]. The more elaborate coiffure includes braids, crests, curls, cascades, chignons, and vertical cornrows. [b]Great Hair Days in Ancient Egypt[/b] [IMG]http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/crown4.jpg[/IMG] . [/QB][/QUOTE]
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