Brooch

Name/Title

Brooch

Entry/Object ID

1940.8.5

Description

Brooch made from human hair woven into a tube. The main body of the brooch is formed from two of the hair tube formed into loops and inserted into the center hold of the other. The ends of each tube loop are secured with gold mounts, and there is gold decoration at the center (two flowers, and a hexagon over a hair tube bead. Two acorn-shaped pendants made from bobbin-laced hair hang from the center.

Context

Worn by Mary L. Tillison of Swanton, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1940.8

Source or Donor

Beebe, Anna Bullard (1863-1942)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Brooch

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pin, Clothing

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Clothing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Material

Gold, Hair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bullard, Mary L. Tillison (1835-1917)

Related Places

Place

Town

Swanton

County

Franklin County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America