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Memento mori, Europe, 1689 Jewellery like this brooch containing human hair is associated with mourning. The hair is almost certainly from a departed loved one. Objects such as these were called memento mori, or ‘reminder of death’. The skeleton holding an hourglass reminded the wearer of the shortness of their life. The brooch has two loops on the back to attach it to a belt or to put in the hair. It is engraved with the initials of the person who died, ‘W H’, and the date 1689. Medical Photographic Library |
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Short title | L0058621 Memento mori, Europe |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0058621 Memento mori, Europe |
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Image title | L0058621 Memento mori, Europe
Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Memento mori, Europe, 1689 Jewellery like this brooch containing human hair is associated with mourning. The hair is almost certainly from a departed loved one. Objects such as these were called memento mori, or ‘reminder of death’. The skeleton holding an hourglass reminded the wearer of the shortness of their life. The brooch has two loops on the back to attach it to a belt or to put in the hair. It is engraved with the initials of the person who died, ‘W H’, and the date 1689. 1689 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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