Victorian Momento Mori Shadow Box with Lock of Hair
Victorian Momento Mori Shadow Box with Lock of Hair
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Victorian Momento Mori shadow box framed of Jane Davison, who passed on November 1886. Rests in Hallowet Cemetery, near Belfast Ireland.
Moemento Mori is a Latin phrase meaning 'remember you must die', a symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death.
Postmortem photography or memento mori, was common practice of photographing a deceased person, collecting of hair or momento pieces added for remembrance.
This one contains hair locks.
Dimensions: H 14" X W 12" X D 1.5"