oh goody/duh of me, 8-)... I think I was thinking of th 12thC garb list!!! but you're right, for HERE, this is as appropriate as anything! thanks for reminding me, 8-)
ah, OK, the Navajo is called chongo, the Hopi is called squash-blossom, or butterfly whorls (looks like Princess Leia's cinnabons but farther up the head & free-standing away from the head apparently very difficult to find how-to for the squash-blossom, beyond one note that a wooden form is used to create the buns, then it's removed! found one comment about the wooden form possibly being "horse-shoe shaped", and found a LOT of dead links. the following aren't much, but... the ritajean link does have ONE photo of the hairdo half-way through production, FWIW http://obliseniy.net/blossom-hair-hopi-squash/ http://ritajeanmoran.blogspot.com/2011/11/hopi-spiralsquash-blossom.html http://www.native-languages.org/hair.htm ch. On Jul 25, 2013, at 6:46 AM, Wicked Frau wrote: > Hey Patricia....as far as I know there is no time frame or country of > origin limitation on this list. I LOVED to hear about this. I have > wondered about it as well. The other one I'd like to know how to do is the > (I think it is Hopi) hair dress that kinda looks oriental too. Lemme see > if I can find pics. > > Sg > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Marjorie Wilser <the3t...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Jul 24, 2013, at 1:35 AM, Patricia Dunham wrote: >> >> This is very OT for 12thC, but I've always wondered how it was done... >>> Navajo women's traditional "double-bun" hair-dress. I think I'm going to >>> ponder for a while if a similar technique might be of assistance in >>> achieving the Viking women's ritual knot hair-dress, which, admittedly, is >>> also OP for this list !? In any case, it is a marvelous demonstration of >>> how to create and hold a fairly complex hair construction using non-modern >>> tools. >>> >>> anyway, a Native lady on another of my lists just posted about a zillion >>> photos from a recent large family reunion, among them a very step-by-step >>> demonstration. >>> >>> Now, there are several clusters of hairdress photos scattered among pics >>> of other activities, starting about halfway down this page, look for the >>> little girl in the pink and yellow top, with white yarn holding her hair >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**neeta_lind/sets/**72157634727656803/page2/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/neeta_lind/sets/72157634727656803/page2/> >>> _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
