A Study on the Hair Colour and Hair Form of the Atayal and Saisiat in Northern Taiwan
Resource
國立臺灣大學考古人類學刊, 79, 123-134
Journal
國立臺灣大學考古人類學刊
Journal Issue
79
Pages
123-134
Date Issued
2013-12
Date
2013-12
Author(s)
Huang, P.C.
Abstract
The hair colour of 834 hair samples, taken from Atayal men (394 cases)
and women (440 cases) and 91 samples of Saisiat men (68 cases) and women
(23 cases), was examined using Fischer-Saller’s hair colour tables. The most
prevalent hair colour for Atayal tribal groups combined was X which is black
brown (men 45.4%, women 38.2%). Second was X-Y, the colour in between X
and Y (men 35.3%, women 31.3%). Y is black which ranked third (men 8.4%,
women 19.8%). Dark brown (W) ranked fourth. For the Saisiat tribe, X-Y was
the most prevalent (men 48.5%, women 43.5%) followed by X (men 44.1%,
women 34.8%). Third was Y (5.9%) and W was found in only a few men.
However, in women, W(13.0%) was third and Y (8.7%) was fourth.
The number of Atayal hair samples examined for hair form was 705 (men
271 cases, women 434 cases), and that of Saisiat hair samples was 82 (men
59 cases, women 23 cases). Hair form was examined and classified according
to Martin’s textbook. The most prevalent hair form was “straight-fine”
regardless of men or women, seen in 80 to 95% of the samples.
“Straight-coarse” hair was seen in 5-9.5% for men and only 0-5% for women.
“Flat-wavy” hair was seen more in women (8.8-13.0%), than in men (3.4-6.3%).
“Wide wavy” hair was seen mostly in women, but in a low percentage (0-5.9%).
Subjects
台灣原住民、泰雅族、賽夏族、頭髮顏色、頭髮形狀(Taiwan aborigines, Atayal, Saisiat, hair colour, hair form)
Type
journal article