Where have there been hennaed hands and when?

Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on September 17, 1999 at 17:26:04:

Here's a list of places and times I've found reasonable verification
of the use of henna being used as an ornamentation of women's
hands.... for celebrations and luck, during some period between 2500
BCE and 1900 AD. (I'm not including hair use of henna, and I'm
not including the immigration patterns of henna since the 1960's
which is a whole other story) These dates are approximate, but all
are supported by literary or artifact evidence, direct or indirect.
If you want the bibliography, email me.

Syria 2100 BCE to present
Israel 1700 BCE to present
Palestine 1700 BCE to present
Jordan 1700 BCE through Ottoman Empire
Lebanon1700 BCE through Ottoman Empire
Turkey 1700 BCE to present
Crete 1700 BCE to 900 BCE, and when under Moorish influence
Cyprus 1700 BCE to present, when under Moorish influence
Greece 1700 BCE to 1400 BCE, occasionally under Moorish or Turkish
inluence
Morocco 1700 BCE to present
Western Sahara 1700 BCE to present
Algeria 1700 BCE to present
Libya 1700 BCE to present
Tunisia 1700 BCE to present
Mali 1500 BCE to present
Egypt 1500 BCE to present
Sudan 1400 BCE to present
Somalia ? to present
Iraq 1300 BCE to present
Yemen 1200 BCE to present
United Arab Emirits 1200 BCE to present
Kuwait 1200 BCE to present
Iran 300 BCE to present
Turkistan 300 AD to present
Oman 300 BCE to present
Italy 30 BCE, and occasionally through Moorish influence
Pakistan 100 AD to present
India 100 AD to present
Nepal 600 AD to present
Tibet 900 to 1300 AD
Sri Lanka 700 AD to present
Ethiopia 800 AD both Muslim and Christian communities
Armenia 900 AD to present, both Muslim and Christian communities
Azerbaijan 900 AD to present
Sicily 1000-1200 AD
Spain 900 AD to 1560 AD
Portugal 900 to 1550 AD
Bosnia during Ottoman Empire and under Moorish influence
South Africa 1800 to present, Indian population
Gypsy populations (dispersed) used henna when in Islamic or Hindu
countries 1100 AD to present

Follow-ups:

• BCE? Becky M. 16:24:04 9/25/99 (5)
  • Re: BCE? Catherine Cartwright JOnes 02:39:02 9/26/99 (3)
    • Re: BCE? Dr. Livio Bonollo 22:59:20 8/05/00 (0)
    • Re: BCE? DVL 12:43:29 6/20/00 (0)
    • Re: BCE? Dominic Leuci 12:34:55 6/20/00 (0)
  • Re: BCE? Maria 01:58:34 9/26/99 (0)