Gold Ring
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1890
notes: label: Description
content: This gold ring dates between 1840 and 1890. The circumference of the ring is encircled with a braided hair pattern that is mounted to the ring with golden “X” patterns. During the Victorian period, hair jewelry was often made by women as a parlor activity, similar to crocheting or knitting. The use of hair appealed to a sense of Victorian sentimentality, of keeping a loved one close, and was used in brooches, rings, necklaces, and wall décor.
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of the Misses Long
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.038976
label: catalog number
content: 038976
label: accession number
content: 113420
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ring
label: Other Terms
content: ring; Jewelry; Accessories Worn on the Body; Female
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: hair (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: incised (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: woven hair (overall style)