Clara's 19th C. Hand-Sewn Velvet Covered Basket Filled with Collected Hair Peruvian bowls with faces A little loss to the

A little loss to the sides of his chunky feet as well as his hat brim

with wear and paint loss as evident

but I think with some age to it

really an excellent object

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Clara's 19th C. Hand-Sewn Velvet Covered Basket Filled with Collected Hair Peruvian bowls with faces A little loss to thePerhaps not everyone would find a hand sewn basket filled to overflowing with human hair a tender and special thing but I certainly do! Perhaps this hair was gathered in advance of making an elaborate Victorian hair wreath, or maybe a hair album or maybe Clara was just stashing away her own hair in this basket, to have at the ready for friends and family who might to do the same. who can know for sure? Whatever the case, to me there is something