Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-11-30
THE HAIR OF SAvAGES.
:l1v. The Asiatics and South sea Islander.
Keep II Within hounds.

:Iov, the Asiatics and south sea Islanders
Keep IL within bounds.
| The Asiatics have always been fam
Gus for decorating thei" heads. The
Mohammedans OF old shaved their
heads, except single knot of hair al
the exact top Of the head, which was
left for a practical purpose, the Mo-
hammedan doctrine being that at the
resm rection OF the dead the angel
Gabriel was specially detailed to attend
to the Mohammedans, 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 the angels work.
The Chinese method of hair dressing is
too well known to need description,
while in India the styles are. both num-
erous 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
other authorities, the head dressing of
last degree, while not infrequently their
styles of dressing their hair are so in
geniously grOtesque as to create the i'm
preston that the arrangement WAS
iole'y for the purpose of creating laugh
ter Sometimes most Of the hair ON the
head is clipped away, leaving q number
Of short, round TUFTS, as though the
scgip We're 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
head; sometimes the back of tho head
is shaved, leaving the hair On the top
and Sides; but generally the entire
growth Of hair is left upon the head,
and rs the capillary adornments of the
New Zealanders are very long and
bushy, the couture of a chief 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
scalp being divided into great num-
Der of small circles, and the hair grow
ing in each twisted up and so curled 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 thoir hair
and in the most extraordinary colors.
The natural color of their hair is a jetty
bl@A5, but thoy have u number of pig
mcnts, the use of which IT, welt known
TO Thorn, 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 dandy is frequent
ly not atsiied with having his hair one
color, and so will die it in several, MAX
ing bands or stripes across his Uranium.
A recent traveller records having seen y
Iealander with an enormous shock
of bGshy hair. In front the hair was
left its natural color Next, from ear
across the top of the head to the other,
came 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 resembled 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, so that in New Zealand,
as well as in more civilized countries,
the adage: Variety is the spice OF
! life, is perfectly true. ST. Louis Globe
/ Democrat