- A
tignon (also
spelled and
pronounced tiyon) is a type of headcovering—a
large piece of
material tied or
wrapped around the head to form a kind of turban...
- The
tignon law (also
known as the
chignon law) was a 1786 law
enacted by the
Spanish Governor of
Louisiana Esteban Rodríguez Miró that
forced black women...
-
Portrait of a
Creole Woman with
Madras Tignon (c. 1837) is an oil
painting traditionally attributed to
George Catlin. It is best
known from a c. 1915 copy...
-
color wearing a
tignon to be
identified as a
portrait of Laveau. A copy made
around 1915 of
Portrait of a
Creole Woman with
Madras Tignon (c. 1837, attributed...
- A
young Creole woman wearing a
tignon of her own creation....
- Ghana),
dhuku (Zimbabwe),
tukwi (Botswana), doek (South Africa, Namibia) and
tignon (United States)
Jewish women refer to
their head ties as a
tichel or mitpachat...
- for
Mardi Gras celebrations.
Creole women used to
historically wear the
tignon,
mostly in
plain or
madras fabrics, but it is now
sometimes worn for heritage...
- Paris. June 2 – The
Tignon law is
enacted by
Spanish Governor of
Louisiana Esteban Rodríguez Miró, to
force black women to wear a
tignon headscarf. June 6...
- wound) (2019),
Cornell Fine Arts Museum,
Rollins College, Orlando,
Florida Tignon for Ayda
Weddo (or that
which a
center can not hold) (2019),
Nasher Museum...
-
mistress of
yesterday became her own cook of to-day...the ‘bandana and
tignon’ are fast
disappearing from our kitchens. Soon will the last of the olden...
