Six miniature wigs made of human hair

Made:
1880-1820 in Japan

Six miniature wigs made of human hair, illustrating Geisha hairstyles, in rectangular box of bark with coins on lid, Japanese, 1880-1920

Six miniature wigs made of human hair illustrating Geisha hairstyles, Japanese, 1880-1920

Six miniature wigs made of human hair illustrating Geisha hairstyles

1880-1820
Rectangular box of bark with coins on lid that contained six miniature wigs made of human hair illustrating Geisha hairstyles, Japanese, 1880-1920

Rectangular box of bark with coins on lid that contained six miniature wigs illustrating Geisha hairstyles

1880-1820
Fragments of rectangular box that contained six miniature wigs made of human hair illustrating Geisha hairstyles, Japanese, 1880-1920

Fragments of rectangular box that contained six miniature wigs made of human hair illustrating Geisha hairstyles

1880-1820

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A155400
Materials:
wig, card, wig, paper, wig, tortoiseshell, wig, cotton, cloth, wig, hair, box, bark and box, silk, cloth
Measurements:
box: length 183 mm
box: width 127 mm
box: depth 115 mm
type:
human hair, wigs and human remains
credit:
Wellcome Trust

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