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bracelet

human history
  • Other Name

    memento mori ?

    hope faith and charity

  • Description

    JY133bracelet made from woven / plated hair (of donors mother) into an expanding bracelet, gold mounted with three gold emblems. 'Made by natives of India, about 1833, from hair of donor's mother, hung with 'Faith, Hope and Charity' emblems.'

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1939.138
  • Accession Date
    1939
  • Other Id

    JY133 (jewellery)

    24594 (ethnology)

    59 (temporary number)

  • Department
JY133 bracelet

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