Jamaica Biennial 2017 : Installation of the Hair Project

Exhibition until May 28 at the National Gallery (Kingston). The Biennial have also 2 others venues: Devon House (Kingston) and National Gallery West (Montego Bay) with 90 artists and more than 160 works…

Hair Jewellery

Hair is the first ornament of both woman and man. Hair has always been an ornamental object by itself, as well as a basic material used in finery. This is true for all times, in societies as diverse as the Bororo of Brazil or the Victorian English society.

Earrings with human hair -  Victorian period - England

Hair Story from Sally: A mourning ring

I once owned a mourning ring with plaited hair in the back. It was beautifully plaited, behind glass, in the inside of the ring, with a stone on the outside.
Sally, 70’s, Female, Jamaica
#Symbolism #Memory 
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