Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Box, Shadow |
Caption |
Shadowbox with human hair wreath |
Description |
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 represented the David A. Adams family of parents and five children. 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. Hair was also sometimes taken after a person's death as a means of honor and remembrance. |
Catalog Number |
1988-1519-001 |
Search Terms |
Shadow Boxes Hair art Adams Family Bennion Family |
Subjects |
Shadow Boxes Hair art |
People |
Adams, David A. Adams, Ann M. Durrant Adams, Mary C. E. Adams, D. Albert Adams, A. Maria Adams, Ella J. Adams, William D. Bennion, Richard Sydney |