Gold jewelry - Braided hair inlay

Jewelry

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Berkeley County Museum

Name/Title

Gold jewelry - Braided hair inlay

Entry/Object ID

22.10.9

Description

small piece of golden locket-style jewelry, possibly part of a bracelet. Checkerboard braided dark hair inlay. Mourning jewelry.

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