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Hair ornaments

Type of jewelry crafted from human hair, widely practiced in Europe and North America during the 19th century

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  • Women attending the theatre in Buenos Aires are wearing very large, ornate head dresses, which makes it very difficult for men to talk to them. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle, 1834.
  • A woman is walking down the street in Buenos Aires wearing a very large head dress which is knocking people over and poking them in the eye. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle.
  • Hair pieces, combs, hair slides and other appliances. Etching.
  • Ten different types of wigs and hair pieces. Coloured engraving, 1875.
  • A man in Buenos Aires is holding on to the skirts of a woman as she is being blown away by the wind that has caught in her large head dress. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle.
  • A man in Buenos Aires is knocking down the wall of a house so that a woman wearing a very large head dress can get out. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle.

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