Hair That Remembers

A blog dedicated to showing off the cultural and historical tradition of braiding/ pfp by Frida kahlo/ temporary hiatus/

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Frederick Arthur Bridgman (detail)

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Let's protect children from the priest's claws!

Lev Korchemkin (1962)

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Princess Eudoxia Augusta Philippine Clementine Maria of Bulgaria and Princess Nadezhda Klementine Maria Pia Majella of Bulgaria, later Duchess Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg in folklore costume

Bulgarian vintage postcard

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Arawak woman and child, Guyana, by Katherine Anya

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Description

This bracelet is composed of three braids of elaborate tableworked human hair set in a hinged gold clasp. The clasp is constructed from three hollow rectangles of gold decorated on the exterior and connected with tube hinges. The outermost pair of rectangles show a diamond interlaced with an “X”-shaped ribbon against a rough, patinaed background. The central rectangle shows a scrolled cartouche worked with the inscription “AW to MW” in gothic script. The bracelet closes with a tongue and groove clasp. The interior bears a date inscription.

Date 

1864 

Descriptive Terms

bracelets (jewelry) human hair gold (metal) human hair

Inscription

Front: “A. W. / to / M. W.” Back: July 28th. 1864 / 1. Park St.“ (Engraved)

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Faunus offering a goat’s fleece to Diana by Remy Vuibert (1615-55)

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christian dior “dior cruise collection” 2022 details

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Kalenjin girl, Chemutai Olga, Uganda, by Miss Eco Queen Uganda Beauty Pageant

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Antique Victorian Sentimental Hairwork Necklace from WitchyVintageFinds

Originally a watch fob chain, this beautiful Victorian sentimental piece is wearable as a necklace with a total length of 19". The fob pendant is double sided and features photographs of two children who appear to be siblings, a boy and a girl both with the same stern expression and set of the mouth. I’m uncertain if this was a sentimental piece worn by a loving parent, or if it is more tragically a mourning piece for these two little ones.

Intricately woven hair makes up the lower portion of the necklace, and the upper portion is gold filled. It is in wonderful condition, minor wear to the gold filled chain and to the photographs, the hairwork chain beautifully preserved.

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Maiden Plays the Lute and waits for her Beloved

By Maria Primachenko, 1982

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Icelandic woman's dress, Iceland, by Nordic Craft Week

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Polish woman, Poland, by nataliasawa

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Portrait of Aglaé-Constance Boudard in red velvet dress

Adele Romany, 1815

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Ingush woman, Russia, by marena_ph

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Dagestan Dance Ensemble “Lezginka”. Circa. 1970s. By Semyon Mishin-Morgenstern.