Clara's 19th C. Hand-Sewn Velvet Covered Basket Filled with Collected Hair container and went back to my

and went back to my source to buy one more as I think they're so beautiful

and the language explaining their meanings

and the rich dry wood patina to the unpainted underside tells us it is quite an old one

and most of all

but I believe in the holiness of this

Clara's 19th C. Hand-Sewn Velvet Covered Basket Filled with Collected Hair container and went back to myPerhaps not everyone would find a hand sewn basket filled to overflowing with human hair a tender and special thing but I certainly do! Perhaps this hair was gathered in advance of making an elaborate Victorian hair wreath, or maybe a hair album or maybe Clara was just stashing away her own hair in this basket, to have at the ready for friends and family who might to do the same. who can know for sure? Whatever the case, to me there is something