Mohawk
The mohawk (also known as "Iro" for short) is a hairstyle in which the hair on the sides of the head is shaved off so that a narrow strip of hair remains in the middle of the head from the forehead to the neck. These hairs are worked vertically upwards using artificial means.
history
The currently oldest depiction of a mohawk could be found on the Phaistos disc . The printed clay disc was dated to an age of 3500 years, but it is not entirely clear whether the images of the men's heads could also be an early form of helmet ornament. The Greek historian and geographer Herodotus reported in the 5th century BC. BC that the Maken , coastal inhabitants in the west of today's Libya, cut their hair into a comb in the middle and only let it grow there, while they shaved their heads on the sides. More traces of Iroquois cut were the Clonycavan Man found (about 392-201 BC..), A mixture of oils and pine - resins from Spain or France rubbed as a kind of hair gel in his hair, presumably to appear larger . At least that's what scientists who study the bog corpse found near Dublin in 2003 say .
The Greek hoplite and the later Roman centurion sometimes used helmets with bushes that also resemble today's mohawk.
Indian culture
Well-known and popular of the mohawk was the warrior of the Indian tribes that around the Lake Huron settled. The Wyandot are considered the inventor of this hairstyle . However, the hairstyle was also worn by the Mohawk , whose affiliation to the Iroquois League was responsible for the naming. In the English-speaking world, the term Mohawk haircut or Mohawk for short is used.
Second World War
During the Second World War, the mohawk was worn by members of the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army, the so-called Filthy 13, around the half-Indian paratrooper Jake McNiece from Oklahoma. Since the Second World War, the mohawk was also chosen as a hairstyle by US soldiers from other units in later wars.
Punk, Gothic and Alternative Scene
Today the mohawk is especially popular with punks , goths and members of the alternative scene . In these subcultures, the remaining hair is usually colored in one or more colors and / or set up. In the past, people mostly used icing, car paint or a mixture of hair gel and wallpaper paste. Because these substances are very damaging to hair, they were later supplanted by the general availability of strong hairsprays, hair wax and hair lacquer.
Popular versions of the mohawk in the punk scene are the mohawk spikes, in which the hair is set up in the form of spikes, and the double mohawk, in which two parallel strips of hair remain on the head, and sometimes three or more Stripes of hair. With gothpunks and today's death rockers , the mohawk is often teased (so-called death hawk or goth hawk ). Iros made from dreadlocks are also popular in the alternative scene.
variants
The Beckham Wave
Since the late 1990s, the Beckham wave (fauxhawk) has been gaining in importance in fashion. The Beckham Wave was named after football player David Beckham . In contrast to the mohawk, the hair on the side of the head is not shaved. However, they are slightly shorter than in the middle. In order to enhance the desired effect, the middle hair is often set up slightly and given a contrasting color. The Beckham wave also made the mohawk more popular across subcultures.
Intimate shave
The "Iro" or "landing strip" (from English " runway ") colloquially referred to a particular form of shaven or of the Brazilian waxing , in which the pubic hair to a central strip shaved.
reception
In the 1976 film Taxi Driver , the main character Travis Bickle, played by Robert De Niro , shaves a mohawk while planning the attack on a senator. The director Martin Scorsese came up with the idea for this hairstyle from the Vietnam veteran Victor Magnotta . He had seen the mohawk on US soldiers during his war effort.
In addition to Taxi Driver, there are also other films in which the mohawk appears. It is striking Mr. T in the film Rocky III - Eye of the Tiger and in the television series The A-Team on by this hairstyle.
A guest received this hairstyle in the game show Vier gegen Willi .
Also Željko Mavrović , the former European heavyweight champion in boxing, tried to intimidate his opponents in the ring with a mohawk.
In the Glee series , Noah "Puck" Puckerman (played by Mark Salling ) wore a mohawk as a sign of strength, as he is considered a "bad boy".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herodotus: Historien 4, 175.
- ↑ James Owen: Murdered "Bog Men" Found With Hair Gel, Manicured Nails. In: National Geographic News. January 17, 2006, accessed September 1, 2016 .