SYMBOLISM OF THE HAIR.
Almost as eloquent as the language of the eyes” is the symbolism of tne hair, and a.-scientific hairdreser recently asserted that the way in which a woman aranges her locks * was, in many cases, an -unerring index to hen- character. The coiffure of the Japanese woman, as is well known, indicates whether she is maiden, wife, or widow'; but undoubtedly the most ingenious and romantic ■ hairdresing is that of the Moki women of Arizona. ’When these women are young their tresses are coiled at the sides of their heads, so as, to represent the flowers of the squash plant (a kind of guoi-d). This is designed to signify that they are themselves in their bloom, andof marriageable age. ■ When they are married their hair 15 arranged to represent the fruit of th© plant, while in old age their locks are allowed to hang down in a form intended to represent the withered stalk.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7110, 23 April 1910, Page 11
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