Category Global Supply Chains

The Invisible Commodity

A tied bundle of human hair prepared for use in hair extensions.

The Logistics, Labour, and Fortunes Behind Human Hair Extensions 1. The Origin: Ritual, Waste, and Survival At the Kalyanakatta, the tonsuring hall of the Sri Venkateswara Temple at Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh, devotees offer their hair in fulfilment of a…