Hair Wreath
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Title |
Hair Wreath |
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Subject |
Daily Life
Hair |
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Place |
DeGraff (Ohio)
Logan County (Ohio) |
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Description |
This hair wreath was made from the hair of members of the Loffer family of DeGraff, Ohio. It is framed and measures 33" x 36" (83.82 x 91.44 cm). It is of fairly simple design, and may have been made by a young girl. To create a wreath, hair "flowers" were made by wrapping locks of hair around a piece of wire and bending the wire to the proper shape. Flowers from different family members were then woven together to make the wreath. Hair wreaths, often made as memorials of deceased family members, were popular in the nineteenth century. When a family member died, his or her hair would be placed in the center of the wreath. It would be moved to another section of the wreath when another family member passed away. The top of the wreath was always left open, symbolizing the passage to heaven. Hair wreaths were often very elaborate and could be embellished with beads, ribbons and silk flowers. Once completed, the wreath would be placed in a frame, often with silk matting. |
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Creator |
Loffer Family |
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Date of Original |
1890 circa |
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Source |
Historical object(s) or artifact(s); fic.0001 |
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Submitting Institution |
Logan County Historical Society |
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Rights |
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information |
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Type |
StillImage |
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File Name |
Om411_925723_001.tif |
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Image Height |
1900 |
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Image Width |
1732 |
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File Size |
947.452 KB |
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Format |
picture
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