Hair Wreath

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Name/Title

Hair Wreath

Entry/Object ID

2015.23

Description

Hair wreath with tintype of John & Nettie Dodge of Barre, VT. Wooden shadow box with hair wreath in the shape of a rounded horseshoe (opening at the top), the inside most band, closest to the glass is of gold/gilt and there are two bands painted black. In the center is a tintype of a woman & man in a gold colored fillagree frame-like mat. Paperboard back is stapled to the back of the piece.

Acquisition

Accession

2015.23

Source or Donor

Lindaman, Lisa M.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In memory of the family of Wallace and Marian Dodge

Made/Created

Date made

1865 - 1875

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

Dimensions

Height

14-1/2 in

Width

14-1/2 in

Depth

4-1/4 in

Material

Hair, Wood, Glass, Paperboard