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Esquema

Getty AAT: Materials (matter)

Jerarquía

<materiales por origen> > biological material > material animal > material de queratina > <pelo y componentes del pelo> > pelo > <pelo por composición u origen>

Descripción

Any hair of humans (Homo sapiens), particularly the hair grown from the scalp of humans. Human hair is a cylindrical tube composed mostly of keratin. The shaft is covered with thin, flat scales and the central core often contains pigments of red, black, or brown. Commercially, human hair has often been used for wigmaking and brushmaking.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011820

Otros términos

  • human hair [en]
  • mensenhaar [nl]
  • hair, human [en]
  • human hairs [en]
  • pelo [es]