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Wedding Flower Crown With Two Hoops

circa 20th century

This traditional Ukrainian Flower crown was made using paper, foil, wax, and wire, and techniques such as cutting, and encaustic, which is hot wax painting. Crowns such as this one were worn by women of marital age to represent purity.

This item was curated by Anastasia Bourassa in Humanities 440B(H): “That Belongs in a Museum!” Museums and the Ownership of Antiquities, a course taught by Professor Nicole Ruane at the University of New Hampshire, Spring 2023.

Original source: https://honchar.org.ua/en/collections/detail/2834

Registration number: НДФ-4776