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Box, Shadow - Shadowbox with human hair wreath
Shadowbox containing Victorian hair art flower inside a wreath. Made of several different colors of human hair. Back of box is marked "Adams Family" and "R. Bennion" in pencil. Richard S Bennion was the son of Sydney and Mary Adams Bennion. Mary Adams was the daughter of David A. Adams and Ann M. Durrant of Hutchinson, MN. Other children of David & Ann Adams were D. Albert, A. Maria, Ella J. and William D. Adams. The hair art possibly repre...
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Box, Shadow - Showdowbox containing hair art floral arrangement
Shadowbox containing a Victorian hair art floral arrangement. Made of brown human hair from William Bonniwell, grandfather of H. H. Bonniwell. Three dimensional coiled wire wrapped with hair. Tan & gilt frame with glass; tan organdy lining; wooden box stenciled "laundry starch, Eddy & Eddy". Victorian hair art was once a popular medium for women's handiwork to create jewelry, watchfobs and mourning wreaths. Hair served as a tangible remembra...
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Fob, Watch - Watch chain fob
Watch fob made of human hair. Given to Jesse Benson as a wedding present by his wife Ella Bernard Dixon. They were married September 6, 1899. Fob was made of Ella's hair & has a jeweled locket inscribed JRB in the center. Victorian hair art was once a popular medium for women's handiwork to create jewelry, watchfobs and mourning wreaths. Hair served as a tangible remembrance of someone. Close friends exchanged hair as tokens of friendship. ...
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Hairwork - Human hair art
Small piece of human hair art displayed on a round scalloped piece of tan velvet stitched to brown cardboard. Contains the hair of Mr. & Mrs. Henry Grewe (Elisabeth Weinbeck) and of Mrs. Grewe's sister (Anna Weinbeck, perhaps). The Henry Grewes lived at Winsted, MN. Victorian hair art was once a popular medium for women's handiwork to create jewelry, watchfobs and mourning wreaths. Hair served as a tangible remembrance of someone. Close frien...
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