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A sangtu (on top of head). The sangtu (Korean: 상투) was a Korean topknot hairstyle worn by married men. [1] [2]The hairstyle was widely worn from around the 57 BC – 68 AD Three Kingdoms of Korea period until the late 19th century, during the Joseon period.
A woman wearing a sseugaechima (painting: Lovers under the moon (월하정인; 月下情人) by Shin Yun-bok after 1805) The sseugaechima (Korean: 쓰개치마; lit. headpiece skirt) is a kind of headwear that noble Korean women used during the middle and end of the Joseon dynasty (1392–1897) to cover their faces.
Between 27 BC and 102 AD, in Imperial Rome, women wore their hair in complicated styles: a mass of curls on top, or in rows of waves, drawn back into ringlets or braids. Eventually noble women's hairstyles grew so complex that they required daily attention from several enslaved people and a stylist in order to be maintained.
At this time women's hairstyles reflected their social status as well as their marital status. The binyeo was also considered as a symbol of being a married woman. Often given as a gift from their husband or suitor. At the gyerye rite, a part of the coming-of-age ceremony, many girls would first wear and display this specific type of hair pin.
A man's hair was knotted in a topknot called sangtu (상투) on the top of the head, and the woman's hair was rolled into a ball shaped form or komeori and was set just above the nape of the neck. A long pin, or binyeo ( 비녀 ), was worn in women's knotted hair as both a fastener and a decoration.
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A daenggi (Korean: 댕기) is a traditional Korean ribbon used to tie up and decorate braided hair. [1] According to the History of Northern Dynasties, maidens of Baekje bound their hair at the back and braided it, while a married woman braided her hair into two plaits and secured them to the crown of her head.
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