Hairpin
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A hairpin or hair pin is a long device used to hold a person's hair in place. It may be used simply to secure long hair out of the way for convenience or as part of an elaborate hairstyle or coiffure.
A modern hair pin, typically used for formal styling such as updos and buns
Hairpins (around 600 BC)
A golden double-spiral-headed pin from Georgia (3rd millennium BC)
Gold phoenix hairpin found in the Ming dynasty tomb of Prince Chuang of Liang (梁莊王, 1411–1441), 15th century.
Hairstyle
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A hairstyle, hairdo, haircut, or coiffure refers to the styling of hair, usually on the human head but sometimes on the face or body. The fashioning of hair can be considered an aspect of personal gro
Hairpin
…long device used to hold a person's hair in place. It may be used simply to secure long hair out of the way for convenience or as part of an elaborate hairstyle or coiffure. The earliest evidence for dressing the hair may be seen in carved "Venus figurines" such as the Venus of Brassempouy and the Venus of…
Chinese woman with an elaborate hair style, 1869
Traditional hairstyle of a Japanese bride
The Venus of Brassempouy
Golden helmet imitating hairstyle, the First Dynasty of Ur, circa 2500 BC, Early Dynastic period III