The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-13
THE HAIR OF sAvAeEs.
How the Asiatics and south Sea Islanders
Keep II within Bounds.

Keep IL within Bounds.
The Aslatics have always been fam
Gus for decorating their heads. The
Mohammedans of old shaved their
heads, except single knot OF hair at
the exact top Of the head, which was
left for II practical purpose. the Mo
hammedau doctrine being that at the
resurrection of the dead the angel
Gabriel was specially detailed to attend
to the Mohammcdans, and he raised
them by the top-knOt. Accordingly the
top-knot was left full and strong in or
der that the hold might not break, a
hole being left IN the top Of the coffin in
order to facilitate tn" angels work
The Chinese method Of hair dressing Is
too we'll known to uosd description,
while in India the styles are both num-
crous and diversified, many OF the
tribes of the Punjab being distinguished
from each other by their methods Of
dressing their hair.
According to Lubbock, Darwin and
hthnr authorities, the head dressing OF
the South Sea Islanders Is ornate in the
last degree, while not infrequently their
STYLES of dressing their hair are so In
feuiously erUtesque as to create the I'M
preston that the arrangement was
solely for the purpose of creating laugh
ter. Sometimes most Of the hair on the
head is clipped away, leaving n number
OF snort. round tufts. rs though the
scalp were planted with short paint
brushes. Occasionally the hair Is cut
away from the forehead and temples,
leaving it at the top and back OF the
iced; sTrhet'1ues ire back OF the head
is shaved. leaving ihS hair tn1 the top
and sides; but generally Tic entire
growth Of hair is left upon the head.
end as the capillary adornments OF the
New 2ca.hrdsrs are very long and
bushy, the couture OF thi"f generally
assumes enormous PROPORTIONS. One
traveller mentions the fact OF Seeing a
chief in New Zealand whose head dress
was over three feet in diameter and ar
ranged In long cones. the surface OF the
stalp teiug divided into great num-
Der Of small circles, and the hair grow
ing in each twisted up md so curlcd as
to form inverted cones, the point being
toward the scalp.
But, not content with these eXtraordi-
nary appendages, the South Sea Island
ers have practice of dyeing their hair
and in the most extraordinary colOrs
The natural color of their hair is a jetty
black, but they have number of pig
ments, the use of which is well known
to them, by which they color their
locks red, green, blue, yellow and
white. and every variety OF color may
be seen in the course of a days walk
But the New Zealand dandyis frequent
ly not satisfied with having his hair one
color, and so will die it in several, maxi
ing bands or stripes across his Uranium.
A recent traveller records having seen a
New Zealander with an enormous shock
of bushy hair. In front the hair was
left its natural color. Next; from ear
across the top of the head to the other,
came a strip of white hair, then a band
of red, then a streak of green, then a
blue stripe, and this parti-colored saw
age, who resemb}ed nothing so much as
an extraordinary habited clown in the
circus. was not only the admiration OF
himself, but of the entire village in
which he lived, 50 that in New Zealand,
as well as in more civilized countries,
the adage; Variety is the spice OF
life, Is perfectly trua,