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Bracelet of Plaited Hair with Daguerrotype

1927.07.0003A

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Artifact Identification Bracelet of Plaited Hair with Daguerrotype   (1927.07.0003A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Personal Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Adornment
    3. :
  3. Body Adornments
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1840 – 1850 CE
Culture American
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 16.7 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 2.3 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 0.6 cm
Weight 7 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Metal, Glass, Animal--Mammal--Primate--Human, Animal--Hair
Manufacturing Processes Plaiting, Cast, Chased, Developing--Daguerrotype, Inscribing, Photographing

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Selected Americana.World Heritage Museum handout. 0000P.0146

Sheumaker, Helen. “‘This Lock You See’: Nineteenth-Century Hair Work as the
Commodified Self.” Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body, and Culture. 1(4). Berg Publishers, Nov. 1997. pp. 421-445(25).

Haug, Joanne. "Victoriana." Victorian Hair Work. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2011. .

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Mrs. A. Lybyer
Reproduction no

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