Rhead, G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft), 1854-1920 · London : T.F. Unwin · leaf 257
malltemple of Isis at Thebes.It belongs to the seven-teenth dynasty, aboutB.C. 1500; it is formedof natural curlings ofthe hair in the upperportion, and the lowerportion, which was ori-ginally much longer,consists of long, thinplaits, a number of which have been broken offand decayed, the thin… … WIG, EGYPTIAN, B.C. I5OO. British Museutn. DRESSING HAIR, MOUSTAi HIOS, AND HEARD 255 Wigs first appear in Pngland during the reign ofStephen, but are seldom mentioned until the Tudorperiod. The Maiden Queen is popularly supposedto have had her head shaved, and to have worn awig. Mary Queen of…
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