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Aro Women

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Three Aro women with distinct, voluminous hair styles.
Aro women. From The Women's Missionary Magazine of the United Free Church of Scotland, 1904.

A photograph depicting three Aro women with distinct cranial hair styling. The subjects are positioned in a row in front of a vertical structure of thin, dried organic stalks and horizontal poles. One subject is shown in profile facing right with layered, horizontal hair ridges and a light-colored necklace. A second subject is shown from a posterior view with a tall, vertical, segmented columnar hair structure. The third subject is in profile facing left with a large, voluminous, and rounded hair mass. The image is monochromatic.

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Onyeka Nwokike

May 10, 2026

Black-threaded "Isi Owu" braids were traditionally worn by young unmarried girls in the Igbo hinterland to signify youthfulness and promote hair growth (SCOREline). These threaded knots or elaborate braids were also used for important occasions (Zikoko).

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