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== History == | == History == | ||
[[File:Boiotian Greek painted terracotta figure of a barber cutting a man's hair.jpg|thumb|[[Boiotia]]n Greek painted [[terracotta]] figure dating between c. 500 and c. 475 BCE, currently held in the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|Museum of Fine Arts]], showing a barber cutting a man's hair]] | [[File:Boiotian Greek painted terracotta figure of a barber cutting a man's hair.jpg|thumb|[[Boiotia]]n Greek painted [[terracotta]] figure dating between c. 500 and c. 475 BCE, currently held in the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|Museum of Fine Arts]], showing a barber cutting a man's hair]] | ||
===Antiquity=== | ===Antiquity=== | ||
The barber's trade has a long history: [[razors]] have been found among relics of the [[Bronze Age]] (around 3500 [[Anno Domini|BC]]) in Egypt. The first barbering services were performed by Egyptians in 5000 BC with instruments they had made from oyster shells or sharpened [[flint]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalbarbermuseum.org/about/barbering-timeline|title=Barbering Timeline - National Barber Museum|website=www.nationalbarbermuseum.org|access-date=2018-06-17}}</ref> In ancient Egyptian culture, barbers were highly respected individuals. Priests and men of medicine are the earliest recorded examples of barbers.<ref name=MOLER>Moler, A.B.. "The barbers' manual." Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine. The National Education Council of the Associated Master Barbers of America, 1 January 1928. Web. 19 March 2012. https://archive.org/stream/barbersmanual00mole#page/n29/mode/2up.</ref> In addition, the art of barbering played a significant role across continents. Mayan, Aztec, Iroquois, Norse and Mongolian cultures utilized shave art as a way to distinguish roles in society and wartime.<ref name=Kuiper>Kuiper, A.C. "The Hair Etching Pen Guide, 14 April 2018. Web. 14 April 2018. https://www.royaletch.com/hair-etching-pen-guide/.</ref> Men in [[Ancient Greece]] would have their beards, hair, and fingernails trimmed and styled by the {{lang|grc|κουρεύς}} (''cureus''), in an ''[[agora]]'' (market place) which also served as a social gathering for debates and gossip. The barbers used a rough cloth (ὠμόλινον) on their shoulders to keep the hairs off their dresses. There were also female barbers (κουρεύτριαι).<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0062%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DT%3Aentry+group%3D10%3Aentry%3Dtonsor-harpers Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Tonsor]</ref> | The barber's trade has a long history: [[razors]] have been found among relics of the [[Bronze Age]] (around 3500 [[Anno Domini|BC]]) in Egypt. The first barbering services were performed by Egyptians in 5000 BC with instruments they had made from oyster shells or sharpened [[flint]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalbarbermuseum.org/about/barbering-timeline|title=Barbering Timeline - National Barber Museum|website=www.nationalbarbermuseum.org|access-date=2018-06-17}}</ref> In ancient Egyptian culture, barbers were highly respected individuals. Priests and men of medicine are the earliest recorded examples of barbers.<ref name=MOLER>Moler, A.B.. "The barbers' manual." Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine. The National Education Council of the Associated Master Barbers of America, 1 January 1928. Web. 19 March 2012. https://archive.org/stream/barbersmanual00mole#page/n29/mode/2up.</ref> In addition, the art of barbering played a significant role across continents. Mayan, Aztec, Iroquois, Norse and Mongolian cultures utilized shave art as a way to distinguish roles in society and wartime.<ref name=Kuiper>Kuiper, A.C. "The Hair Etching Pen Guide, 14 April 2018. Web. 14 April 2018. https://www.royaletch.com/hair-etching-pen-guide/.</ref> Men in [[Ancient Greece]] would have their beards, hair, and fingernails trimmed and styled by the {{lang|grc|κουρεύς}} (''cureus''), in an ''[[agora]]'' (market place) which also served as a social gathering for debates and gossip. The barbers used a rough cloth (ὠμόλινον) on their shoulders to keep the hairs off their dresses. There were also female barbers (κουρεύτριαι).<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0062%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DT%3Aentry+group%3D10%3Aentry%3Dtonsor-harpers Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Tonsor]</ref> | ||