![]() ![]() or a scuffia (a cap, coif or caul of varying style). a reta (a netted head dress or hair net). a ghirlanda (a garland or circlet of varying style). During the years 1490 to approximately 1500, it is difficult, though not impossible, to find an image of a Venetian woman who is not wearing something on the head to accompany their braids, be it a simple velo or veletto da testa (veil). The beginning of the Carpaccio era is one such time. There was a time when this was the exception, rather than the rule. It can be seen in many frescos, woodcuts and paintings that throughout the sixteenth century, European women often wore nothing on the head at all, except their up-styled, often braided hair. The yarn is attached into the braid where the braid ends as to make it difficult to tell the difference. When women start losing hair due to aging, they incorporate yarn into the braids to lengthen and thicken the hair. Long, virgin hair is considered beautiful in Quechua tribes and is a symbol of health and well-being. Two braids reveals that a woman in the tribe is married, while one or many braids mean that she is single. Throughout Peru, it is common to see the native women of all ages wearing long braids, which is used to represent marital status. One of the most significant aspects of the Quechua woman’s look and culture is her hair. ![]() The Quechua are a group of indigenous people now scattered throughout areas of South America that speak the Quechua languages, including the Incans descendants. The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru sometime in the early 13th century, and the last Inca stronghold was conquered by the Spanish in 1572. The Inca Empire, or Incan Empire (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The Sumerians and Assyrians as Like the Egyptians, Cretans, Persians and Greeks the Sumerians and Assyrians wore elaborate wigs which often defined status, occupation and income level. The long hair of women and the long beards of men were cut in symmetrical geometrical shapes and curled by slaves with curl bars (fire-hearted iron bars). Hair and beards were often oiled, tinted and perfumed. Their prowess at cutting, curling, dying and layering hair was admired by other civilizations on the Middle East. The Assyrians are highly regarded as the first true hair stylists. Sumerian women often had shorter hairstyles than the men or wore their hair in long elaborately- entwined braids. Sumerian men had both shaved heads and faces, long hair and beards or a combination of the two. The Sumerians and Akkadians (including Assyrians and Babylonians) dominated Mesopotamia from the beginning of written history (3100 BC) to the fall of Babylon in (539 BC), when it was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire.
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