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wreath, hair
| Date: | 1850 - 1900 |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Continent: | North America |
| Material: | cotton, glass, human hair, wire |
| Dimensions: | 9 x 11 x 3 in. (23 x 28 x 7 cm) |
| Credit: | Transferred from the Wisconsin State Historical Society |
| Accession Number: | D.C.US.0007 |
Comments: Horseshoe shaped wreath made of wire, human hair and beads. Hair is in several different colors, from different people. There is a large 6-petaled flower at the center, surrounded by smaller flowers and leaves. Gimp for the flowers is made by wrapping hair around a knitting needle and binding the loops with wire. Stems of flowers are wrapped on the back with black cotton thread. Centers of the flowers have artificial pearls, and a variety of seed beads including cut steel and brass, yellow transparent and white translucent glass. Beads are secured with wire at the centers and clustered at the ends of springs made of made of wire covered with hair.
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This object has the following bibliographic references:
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Helen Sheumaker. Love Entwined, The Curious History of Hairwork in America. , 2007.
- Mark Campbell. Art of Hairwork, The: Braiding and Jewelry of Sentiment. Lacis Publications. Berkeley, CA , 1989.
- Ruth Gordon. Piecework. , 1996.
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