Hairsticks, pins and needles were just the way people pinned up and decorated their hair before the invention of modern tools (such as elastic hairbands) to do that. The exist in pretty much every premodern culture all over the world in some form. Saying a hairpin in general is culture specific is like saying a hammer, knife, comb or spoon in general is culture specific. It is a tool. There are hairpins from neolithic Africa as well as Celtic hairpins from central Europe, both of which can arguably be considered as older than some of the Asian examples that are often referred to.
I understand the discussion about specific pieces with cultural connotation (like the Kanzashi), but using a pin to pin up your hair is universal.
Meretneith on May 25th, 2021 at 09:09 UTC »
Hairsticks, pins and needles were just the way people pinned up and decorated their hair before the invention of modern tools (such as elastic hairbands) to do that. The exist in pretty much every premodern culture all over the world in some form. Saying a hairpin in general is culture specific is like saying a hammer, knife, comb or spoon in general is culture specific. It is a tool. There are hairpins from neolithic Africa as well as Celtic hairpins from central Europe, both of which can arguably be considered as older than some of the Asian examples that are often referred to.
I understand the discussion about specific pieces with cultural connotation (like the Kanzashi), but using a pin to pin up your hair is universal.
CheesecakeRaccoon on May 25th, 2021 at 10:08 UTC »
Hell, Confucius wasn't even his real name. It was just a Western bastardization of his Chinese name.
spirit-mush on May 25th, 2021 at 12:11 UTC »
Everyone knows those are Dinglehoppers and quite literally made for styling hair. Ask any seagull.