On Human Hair as a Race Character

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7469876
AutoresPruner-Bey (autor de correspondencia), Pruner-Bey Pruner-Bey (autor de correspondencia)
Año1877
Volumen6
Páginas71-71
Fecha de publicación1877-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0959-5295 • E-ISSN: 2397-2564
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2841248
OpenAlexW2799909262
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5

The hair of the mutmmies of the Aymaras of Peru is also distinguished by its length and stiffness.* Among the Berbers, I have hitherto only found that ash-grey colour which s also met with among other allophyletic nations in Arabia, Egypt, among the Turks, &c.It must, moreover, be borne in mind, that the use of lie-wash, of powders and ointments, produces an artificial colour of the hair.I have seen all kinds of shades, from a fiery red to a silvery white, produced by these means.Just as originally dark hair may become discoloured by such means, so may it, vice versa, appear black, as I found in a wig from the Fiji Islands.A thick black powder encrusted the circutaference of each hair, and the original brown colour could only be seen after repeated washings.* Is this diversity caused by the great thickness of the scalp in the Nigritian races P * The flattening is seen in the direction of the scroll.The small circles caused in rollingpresent a width of 3-5 to 4 millimeters when the hairs are very fine, and in the contrary case of 5 to 8 millimeters.t Compare with the Negro of Buenos Ayres.* Slould t1i be &Dross-bre& PThis content downloaded from 188.72

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