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Originally posted by amandadyer
I'm a museum curator, and we have one of those hair wreaths in our collection. I've always thought it was a bit creepy! I've also seen bracelets, brooches, etc. made of human hair.
As far as creepy pictures go, it was also fairly common in the Victorian era to take pictures of dead people and collect them in albums. I've seen books published with these images, and most of the time the person looks asleep, and someone who isn't aware of the custom would never know that the person is dead.
Both of these customs are manifestations of the (overzealous and quite creepy, in my opinion) Victorian fascination with death and the afterlife.
Amanda
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Some people still do this - but not in the exact same way. They take pictures at the funeral and put them in albums. WHen my grandmother passed, some of my relatives did this. I
never looked at the pictures.
When I saw "The Others" that really creeped me out. They actually took the time to pose the dead bodies.
