Book

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Book

Entry/Object ID

1983.21.1

Description

Small paper book filled with hair clippings. The book is covered with blue-on-brown printed wallpaper, and the binding is secured with string. Each page contains clippings of hair twisted or plaited into decorative shapes and applied with glued paper shapes. Most clippings are labeled with a name, presumably who the hair was taken from, and several of the pages also have short poems.

Context

Made by Lucina Houghton of Bridport, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1983.21

Source or Donor

VHS Library

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Artist

Clough, Lucina Houghton (1789-1855)

Date made

1845 - 1865

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

3-5/8 in

Width

4 in

Material

Paper, Hair