Apart from society, hair was used symbolically to mark rites of passage; for instance, loosened hair was common at a funeral, and the seni crines was the hairstyle worn by brides and Vestal Virgins; divided and plaited into six braids, and in the case of the bride, it was parted with a spear.[5] A bride's hair was parted with a hasta recurva or hasta caelibaris, a bent iron spearhead and crowned with flowers.