3 Japanese-style Hair Sticks - Wood sticks with Beading and Turquoise Tassels

3 handcrafted glass seed bead and wood hair sticks w/ turquoise beaded ends and tassels. These Native-style hair sticks feature beaded tassel on the top of a tapered stick. Measures approximately 6" long with tassel adding about 3". Hair sticks are often elaborate and decorative, and feature jeweled or carved designs that make them stand out as pieces of luxury jewelry. sometimes called hair bodkin or kanzashi or binyeo. 2 have full tassels. All 3 have beading at end. Binyeo, surprisingly, used to be worn by both genders. However, after the Joseon Dynasty (1392 CE – 1910 CE), it became an item exclusively for women. Moreover, the groom would gift it to his bride as a symbol of love when they joined in matrimony.