Black mourning dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Berkeley County Museum

Name/Title

Black mourning dress

Entry/Object ID

94.17.1

Context

worn by Hannah Stauffer Hunsecker (1843-1919), possibly for the death of her father in 1885

Acquisition

Accession

1994.17

Source or Donor

Linda Ritter Karl

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Textile Details

Color

Black

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1885

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dress, Mourning

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Funerary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects