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I've liked the hair arrangement options in general, except for one thing: There isn't a cornrow option! How could one implement dreadlocks, yet overlook a rudimentary facet of some people's lives, which is the glorious cornrow? I believe the advent of cornrows would nicely compliment the dreadlock option. If someone can have oiled spikes, why not cornrows?
>no.
>Back in history people HAD spikes (read Celts) and of course >dreadlocks. I've never seen any reference in history towards >cornrows which in my opinon is a modern invention.
>Prankster Khakio
heh, actually.. ancient Nubian civilizations were wearing cornrows.. probably long before celts put whale fat in their hair <g>
thank you, come again.
~Mek
>Back in history people HAD spikes (read Celts) and of course >dreadlocks. I've never seen any reference in history towards >cornrows which in my opinon is a modern invention.
>Prankster Khakio
heh, actually.. ancient Nubian civilizations were wearing cornrows.. probably long before celts put whale fat in their hair <g>
thank you, come again.
~Mek
~*Back in history people HAD spikes (read Celts) and of course dreadlocks. I've never seen any reference in history towards cornrows which in my opinon is a modern invention.*~
I'm sure they existed back then. I don't think you can definitively say that a certain hairstyle existed back then or not (save for very modern hairstyles). I'm sure African nations had it back then... which begs the question: Did people back in history have mohawks, as well? I'm thinking not.
I'm sure they existed back then. I don't think you can definitively say that a certain hairstyle existed back then or not (save for very modern hairstyles). I'm sure African nations had it back then... which begs the question: Did people back in history have mohawks, as well? I'm thinking not.
While they were not called "cornrows" in pre-American contact Europe/Asia/Africa, they were certainly a valid way to do hair. People have definately done their hair in various experimental ways since we had opposable thumbs.
Mohawks were used by various Native tribes in America, and in several other places around the work. Other semi-shaved hairstyles are also known to have been used, such as shaving temples only, shaving the center/middle line of the top of the head, and shaving the front part of the head, and one of the traditional Chinese hairstyles of leaving a single braid down the back with the rest of the head shaved.
Cornrows, in fact, have been argued about the Venus figures from Europe, who were carved with a basket-like hairdo, or a basket on their head. It's not known weather it's cornrow or a basket, although many anthropologists refer to it as a basket-hat. In any case, it is still a valid explanation and hairstyle, and many of those figures date back to the early European Neolithic.
As to DR being based on any historical period, I think it would be prudent to mention that there are many items floating about that hint at modern-day, and this may be a medieval-mud, but it is a fantasy-medieval mud, so there's a lot of room for flexibility within reason.
I know this was an old post, but I wanted to add in my comments. I'm all for new hairdos, even though I play my S'kra more often. :P
Mohawks were used by various Native tribes in America, and in several other places around the work. Other semi-shaved hairstyles are also known to have been used, such as shaving temples only, shaving the center/middle line of the top of the head, and shaving the front part of the head, and one of the traditional Chinese hairstyles of leaving a single braid down the back with the rest of the head shaved.
Cornrows, in fact, have been argued about the Venus figures from Europe, who were carved with a basket-like hairdo, or a basket on their head. It's not known weather it's cornrow or a basket, although many anthropologists refer to it as a basket-hat. In any case, it is still a valid explanation and hairstyle, and many of those figures date back to the early European Neolithic.
As to DR being based on any historical period, I think it would be prudent to mention that there are many items floating about that hint at modern-day, and this may be a medieval-mud, but it is a fantasy-medieval mud, so there's a lot of room for flexibility within reason.
I know this was an old post, but I wanted to add in my comments. I'm all for new hairdos, even though I play my S'kra more often. :P
