Victorian Braided Hair Hearts Momento Mori Wilhelm Kagel bringing her back a sack

bringing her back a sack full

even easier to hang

and then this field of pin-prick like marks outlining the year of its making

carved of Caribou bone and joined with thread made from sinew (ivalu)

Victorian Braided Hair Hearts Momento Mori Wilhelm Kagel bringing her back a sackI've been keeping a close eye out for Victorian braided hair momento, so was thrilled to find this delicate, unfussy example preserving several pieces together under glass, two of them carefully woven into hearts. Likely these were done as mourning braids, but I believe these were also made with hair of the living. It appears that the larger heart may have been made with two or three different locks, perhaps representing sisters, or mother and