Hair Samples for Doll Wigs
Date1913-1922
Dimensions34.7 x 16 cm (yellow box)
Credit LineGift of Ann Wurtele, 1992.
Object number1992.003.083
Label TextHere you see locks of Ann Wurtele’s hair. The curled pieces date from 1913 when she was seven-years-old and the braids from 1922 when she was 16-years-old. The hair had been collected to be turned into dolls’ wigs. Others sold their hair to be turned into wigs and hairpieces for humans. Then, as now, there was a global trade in hair.
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