Members of the royal family would first use it during their "sokan" (topknot-cutting) ceremony.
The ceremony, sometimes lasting seven days of festivities, involves a purifying bath and the cutting of the traditional topknot hair of the royal child.
He has an abundant topknot covering the ushnisha, and a simple halo surrounds his head.
They were used by men to fasten their long hair up into topknots.
Males are completely hairless, females sport a white topknot that is often dyed.
Havanese can wear a topknot or small braids to keep the hair out of their eyes during everyday activities.
He is portrayed sitting on a pedestal with a topknot and holding a harp.
He is portrayed standing on a pedestal with a topknot, his left hand raised and holding a staff in his right.
