Ciao, A cornucopia is also called the 'Horn of Plenty': corno+copia(=richezza). There's a clip-art picture here: www.silhouettesclipart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/thanksgiving-cornucopia-clip-art.jpg So you get an idea of how her hair was gathered on one side (in 3 horn-shapes). And on the other side of her head, the hair hung loose but curly, like the curls on a poodle dog. Hope this helped!

Hello Nophiq, A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things. It means she has got three sets of curls in many numbers. A 'straw' Straw consists of the dried stalks from crops ,they are colored and used to make hats or as hair ornaments. In your sentence the 3 sets of abundant curls are gathered in a black straw. It seems elegant , lovely and attractive to look at since the guy was diverted by her appearance.