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Tag: Mourning Jewelry

A Hair-Raising Idea? Using Human Hair in Jewelry

September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 Public History Student

What would you do if one of your loved ones died? I’m willing to guess that ‘use their hair to make a nice pair of earrings’ probably wasn’t your first thought. Many Victorians would be inclined to disagree.   See that brown netting? That’s human hair, intricately braided and set and decorated with gold fittings. […]

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