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  • A barber brushing the hair of a man who has very little hair. Colour lithograph after H. Heath.
  • A woman holding a bottle of Bubisan hair lotion. Colour lithograph after Leonhard Fries, ca. 1930.
  • The actor Bruno Kastner holding a tube of Bubisan brilliantine for the hair. Colour lithograph after Leonhard Fries.
  • Two naked women with wet hair embrace; an advert for safe sex by the Terrence Higgins Trust. Colour lithograph.
  • An ama (woman diver) on shore combs her wet hair while breast feeding a toddler. Colour woodcut after Utamaro, 1900/1920 (?).
  • A strongman has his hair combed by a lady; a parody of Samson and Delilah. Colour process print after E. Schlemo, 19--.
  • A strongman has his hair combed by a lady; a parody of Samson and Delilah. Colour process print after E. Schlemo, 19--.
  • Japanese market scene: vendors are shown selling combs and hair ornaments, sandals, cloth, rice paste cakes and wigs. Colour woodcut by Shigenobu, 1865.
  • A young woman with lush hair resting her chin in her hand representing services provided for women by Berliner AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph, 1996.
  • A woman with blonde hair, big earrings, pouting with painted lips; representing somebody who might be at risk of AIDS though reuse of needles. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • A painted head with long black hair and a brown profile representing a Cherokee Indian; warning about AIDS issued by the Cherokee Health Delivery. Colour lithograph by Waylon Sequoyah.
  • A sweep of hair incorporating three faces representing Africans in partnership against AIDS; advertisement by the City of Toronto Public Health, sponsored by Levis. Colour lithograph by Louie Kizito, 1995.
  • Cindy, a girl with black hair tied up who holds a toy; advertisement by the National Urban League, Inc for those with or affected by AIDS. Colour lithograph by P. Beane.
  • Heads of three men with black, red and grey hair; representing the diversity of gay and bi-sexual men of Sefton for whom advice on safe sex is available. Colour lithograph.
  • Shaumonekusse, a chief of the Oto (Otoe) tribe, wearing a crown hair piece with horns, a bear-claw necklace and a medallion. Colour lithograph by C. G. Childs after C. B. King, 1833.
  • A barber dresses a man's hair in the "Coach & Horses" at Southampton: another man looks out of a window at the arrival of a chaise. Colour process print, 1891, after T. Rowlandson.
  • A naked figure with a leaf hair garland and transparent shawl pulls down the 's' of the word 'AIDS representing an advertisement for 'Action for AIDS' in Japan. Colour lithograph by Kan, ca. 1996.
  • A businessman sitting in dispair in a chair leaning over with his hands in his hair; a warning in English and Malay about the dangers of casual sex and contracting AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A businessman sitting in dispair in a chair leaning over with his hands in his hair; a warning in English and Chinese about the dangers of casual sex and contracting AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A black female silhouette figure with a purple drape and long hair dancing to the left representing an advertisement for a programme about Women's Rights to commemorate World AIDS Day in Honduras. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A girl with a large bow in her hair faces a boy wearing a hat and a large bow tie: she tells him she has heard he is a womaniser. Colour lithograph after C.H. Twelvetrees.
  • A dandified hair-dresser in his salon arranging a woman's wig on a bust of a woman; to the left are two more busts, to the right are two wigs on stands. Colour process print after Debucourt (?).
  • A hairdresser raising her scissors and comb in the air after removing all but a tuft of the hair from her client who sits on a red stool; an analogy to cutting the funds of AIDS Fonds. Colour lithograph.
  • The back of an orange hobbyhorse with purple hair tied with a bow on its tail representing an advertisement for Ôvegylet alapítvány, a Foundation to promote safer sex and AIDS in Hungary. Colour lithograph by Sebastian Hänel for DMB&B.
  • A man receiving a shave and a hair cut at the barbers representing the dangers of using unsterilised sharp instruments and contracting AIDS; an AIDS prevention advertisement in Maldivian by the Department of Public Health, Maldives. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A woman who has lost her hair is standing in front of a mirror with a wig in her hands, there are bottles and potions on the table by her and a box on the floor at her feet. Colour lithograph, 18--.
  • A woman who has lost her hair is standing in front of a mirror with a wig in her hands, there are bottles and potions on the table by her and a box on the floor at her feet. Colour lithograph, 18--.
  • A woman who has lost her hair is standing in front of a mirror with a wig in her hands, there are bottles and potions on the table by her and a box on the floor at her feet. Colour lithograph, 18--.
  • A woman in yellow with long black hair hugging the purple silhouette of a man representing a warning about the dangers of casual sex and AIDS; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the National AIDS Committee in Vietnam. Colour lithograph by Vú Huyén, ca. 1995.
  • Japanese and Chinese legends: (top) a monkey blowing on a hair to conjure up a legion of monkey warriors; (bottom) an aged Japanese couple, the symbol of marital harmony and longevity, watching the sunset under a pine tree. Colour woodcut by Yoshitoshi, 1880s.