Jewelry, Earrings: Hairwork

Name/Title

Jewelry, Earrings: Hairwork

Entry/Object ID

J98 a,b

Description

One pair of teardrop shaped human hair earrings on a cardboard card, the earrings are for pierced ears and the wires are made of silver. The teardrop parts of the earrings are made of crocheted tubes of dark blonde hair and the bottom part of the teardrop is loosely knotted into a decorative knot.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1860

Notes

Additional create date: 19th c.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Hairwork

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Adornment, Adornment, Personal Artifacts

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Jewelry, Hairwork, Earrings

Dimensions

Width

2 cm

Length

5.7 cm

Material

Silver, hair