Victorian Hair Mourning Piece, Vine with Flowers Atop Cross, Alouisa Johnson portrait of fireman which some might call bird

which some might call bird food

5” long x 2” wide  x 5” tall

with the hook at the end perhaps a later addition

and the smiling one when feeling happy and receptive

Victorian Hair Mourning Piece, Vine with Flowers Atop Cross, Alouisa Johnson portrait of fireman which some might call birdI 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