Statesman Journal: Heritage: Salem woman helped support herself making jewelry from human hair — a Victorian fad
Heritage: Salem woman helped support herself making jewelry from human hair — a Victorian fad
Univeristy of Iowa Daily Iowan: Ask the Archivist | Hair jewelry and its connection to Civil War history
Mourning rituals are important cultural markers throughout history. Through them, we can see a piece of what life was like in a certain era and place in time. Hair jewelry was one of those markers in ...
Ask the Archivist | Hair jewelry and its connection to Civil War history
Daily Mail: Not your average bling! Meet the women who collect morbid mourning jewelry made from HUMAN HAIR
Antique jewelry made out of real human hair is once again being worn by collectors who are intrigued by the deeply personal keepsakes, which were originally created as a sign of affection or mourning.
Not your average bling! Meet the women who collect morbid mourning jewelry made from HUMAN HAIR
Humans have been using hair to create jewelry and artwork for thousands of years. The practice goes back at least as far as ancient Egypt, when tomb paintings show pharaohs and their consorts ...
NOLA.com: Historically Speaking: New Orleans' history with Victorian mourning tradition of preserving hair of deceased
Historically Speaking: New Orleans' history with Victorian mourning tradition of preserving hair of deceased
LancasterOnline: Victorian art and love tokens created from an unexpected source: hair
With values in the $1,000 to $5,000 range, framed Victorian hair pictures grew from loving pictures to fine memorials. Photo provided Valentine’s Day falls on Feb. 14, and along with the Roman Goddess ...