Two Loops and a Line, Victorian Mounted Hair Samples "Drawing", 1867, with Verse on Reverse draw string bag Urn: 2 7/8" t x

Urn: 2 7/8" t x 2 3/8"w

I can find no others out there

and the blue and yellow beading on the dress (robe

7 3/4" x 5 1/4"

and on the paper--which is heavy

Two Loops and a Line, Victorian Mounted Hair Samples "Drawing", 1867, with Verse on Reverse draw string bag Urn: 2 7/8" t xOne more from a small collection of hair locks and wreaths dating to the 1860s all stitched to, or tucked into, bits of paper annotated with names and notes. I considered listing them as a collection, but realized much of what I find especially beautiful about these is their specificity and singularity in terms of form and content (color, composition, and in this case very much the handwritten names and notes) and so have treated them as individual