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

1880-1820

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

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

type:: human hair, wigs and human remains

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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