Victorian Hair Mourning Piece, Vine with Flowers Atop Cross, Alouisa Johnson antique handmade wall mirror 4" long x 3/4" wide

4" long x 3/4" wide x 1/4" deep

where what is a fairly long face front the front side is widened and flattened out in a way

Interior dimensions are 4 3/8" x 3 5/8" by about 9" t

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Victorian Hair Mourning Piece, Vine with Flowers Atop Cross, Alouisa Johnson antique handmade wall mirror 4" long x 3/4" wideI found this art an estate sale in near Amherst, MAthe home of collectors of tons of daguerreotypes, primitives, American art pottery, Native baskets, and all sorts of other things. It took me a bit to realize it, but the piecemade entirely of strands of hair painstakingly looped and knotted around and through a wire armaturecomprises a cross for the bottom layer, with a leafy vine punctuated with flowers over top. It was secured to paper, with the