Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1962.14 |
Object Name |
Picture |
Description |
Framed mourning picture made from hair of four Dance children who died of diphtheria. Emma Susan Dance b. 11/12/1871-d. 11/7/1877 Lulu Dance b. 1/15/1875-d. 11/14/1877 Joseph Gilbert Dance b. 4/17/1873-d. 11/25/1877 Willie B. Dance b. 12/26/1876-d. 11/19/1877 |
Date |
1877 |
Provenance |
Mourning picture of four children of Susan Rebecca Jenkins and Eli Scott Dance (married 11/14/1870), who all died of diphtheria in 1877 Hair pictures sometimes made by women who took locks of hair to their sweethearts who would use braided piece as chain for pocket watch. Sometimes woven into bracelets with gold clasps. |