Hair Wreath

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Date Made: ca 1890

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

Subject: BirdsFlowersHair

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See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Art

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Credit Line: Gift of Elizabeth M. Gordon

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1983.0080.1Accession Number: 1983.0080Catalog Number: 1983.0080.1

Object Name: hairworkOther Terms: Pictures; Hair Work

Physical Description: hair, human (wreath material)shell, sea snail (wreath material)beads, glass (wreath material)wire (wreath material)thread (wreath material)card (interior backing material)paper (worm; interior sides material)pine, white (frame; box material)gilt (frame material)plaster (interior sides material)glass (glazing material)Measurements: overall: 21 3/4 in x 23 in x 3 3/4 in; 55.245 cm x 58.42 cm x 9.525 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-a933-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1459448

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