Locks of hair wrapped in paper

Two locks of brown hair belonging to James Chalmers (1841-1901) and Jeanie Chalmers wrapped in a paper inscribed: '...1866 Jeanie's and James' hair.' Also a gilt stick pin - the compartment which formed the head is missing its glass and contents. 1866 is the year James and his wife Jane (Jane Kerr Hercus d.1879) left for the Pacific. Formerly in the collections of the London Missionary Society.

Object Details

ID: ZBA5624
Type: Hair
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1866
People: Chalmers, James; Kerr Robertson Hercus, Jane
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Hair: 80mm; Pin: 4 x 15 x 75mm; Paper: 130 x 130