Gold brooch - braided hair inlay

Jewelry

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Berkeley County Museum

The image depicts an oval-shaped brooch with a delicate, ornate golden frame featuring floral accents. It contains a braid of dark brown hair under glass.

The image depicts an oval-shaped brooch with a delicate, ornate golden frame featuring floral accents. It contains a braid of dark brown hair under glass.

Name/Title

Gold brooch - braided hair inlay

Entry/Object ID

22.10.14

Description

Gold brooch with light brown braid inlay.

Collection

Dyson family collection

Acquisition

Accession

2022.10

Source or Donor

Saundra & Bill Dyson

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Ornament, Mourning

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Funerary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects