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The hair is worn in peculiar fashion, that symbolizes the social condition of the wearer. At puberty a maiden is required by the inflexible rule of the tribe to dress her hair in two great whorls one over each ear called "nashmi." These are in imitation of the squash blossom, which is the Hopi symbol of maidenhood and purity.
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