hair jewellery

type of jewelry crafted from human hair, widely practiced in Europe and North America during the 19th century
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hair jewellery

Summary

hair jewellery ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hair jewellery is a type of mourning jewellery[2].
  • hair jewellery is a type of hairwork[3].
  • hair jewellery's Commons category is recorded as Hairwork jewellery[4].
  • hair jewellery comprises hair locket[5].
  • hair jewellery's described at URL is recorded as https://levandekulturarv.se/forteckningen/element/hararbete[6].
  • hair jewellery's described at URL is recorded as https://levandekulturarv.se/in-english/the-inventory/submissions/hairwork[7].
  • hair jewellery's described at URL is recorded as https://www.regionaalarchieftilburg.nl/home/blog-detail/algemeen/2022/05/02/nieuwe-aanwinst-een-haarfijne-herinnering/[8].
  • hair jewellery's described by source is recorded as hedendaagsesieraden.nl[9].
  • hair jewellery's indigenous to is recorded as Dalarna[10].
  • hair jewellery's indigenous to is recorded as Våmhus[11].
  • hair jewellery's indigenous to is recorded as Bonäs[12].
  • hair jewellery's practiced by is recorded as hårkulla[13].
  • hair jewellery's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Living traditions – An inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Sweden[14].
  • hair jewellery's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Living traditions – An inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Sweden[15].
  • hair jewellery's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include mourning jewellery[2] and hairwork[3].

Use and Application

hair jewellery comprises hair locket[5].

Why It Matters

hair jewellery ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Living traditions – An inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Sweden. Retrieved . levandekulturarv.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Living traditions – An inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Sweden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Living traditions – An inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Sweden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . Living traditions – An inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Sweden. Retrieved . levandekulturarv.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . Living traditions – An inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Sweden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by hårkulla
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage
    Intangible cultural heritage status Living traditions – An inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Sweden, Living traditions – An inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Sweden
    Indigenous to Dalarna, Våmhus, Bonäs
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007537451205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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