Hair

Name/Title

Hair

Entry/Object ID

1998.30.3

Description

Length of blonde hair folded into a newspaper. The paper is dated, December 15, 1874, and has the label "Wallace 1874" at the center top in pencil.

Context

The hair was taken from Wallace Emerson Stoddard of Vernon, Vermont, at the age of 2.

Acquisition

Accession

1998.30

Source or Donor

Stoddard, Helen I.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1874 - 1876

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Hairwork

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall (hair)

Height

2 in

Length

4 in

Material

Hair, Paper

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Stoddard, Wallace Emerson (1872-1959)

Related Places

Place

Town

Vernon

County

Windham County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America