A hair pin or hairpin is a long device used to hold a person's hair in place.Hairpins made of
metal,
ivory,
bronze, carved
wood, etc. were used in
ancient Assyria and
Egypt for securing decorated
hairstyles. Such hairpins suggest, as graves show, that many were luxury objects among the Egyptians and later Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans.The hairpin may be needle-like and encrusted with jewels and ornaments. It often may be more utiliarian—designed to be almost invisible after being inserted into the hairstyle.
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