Hair Wreath by Jennie G. Kneeskern Sloughter
Hair Wreath by Jennie G. Kneeskern Sloughter
  • Jennie G. Kneeskern Sloughter
  • Hair Wreath, 1895
  • Hair, glass beads, velvet, artificial fruit
  • Signature: Inscribed on verso: 'Human hair picture / late 1800s Victorian Period / My Mother's side / Ruth Sloughter Kneeskern (Rathbun)'
  • NFS
  • Not For Sale
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Hair wreath likely created by Jennie Kneeskern Sloughter to commemorate her marriage to Charles Sloughter on February 28, 1895. The brown hair is hers and the blond hair is his. Jennie died in August 1895 while giving birth to their daughter, Ruth Ann Sloughter Kneeskern Rathbun.

  • Subject Matter: Marriage
  • Collections: Sculpture

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