SOLD Very Fine Victorian Hair Work Chain (Collar?) Presumed European carved wooden cicada On the backs of each

On the backs of each swatch are indicators of color

Though they've never been my thing

Sliding open the lid of this box to find it filled with these old bone gaming chips was

and another I am listing simultaneously

how even did they get the signature in there

SOLD Very Fine Victorian Hair Work Chain (Collar?) Presumed European carved wooden cicada On the backs of eachI've looked at a fair amount of hair work, but I've never seen a piece of hairwork jewelry (maybe better to call it hair work lace?) as ornate as this one, which I am guessing was likely made as a collar, with one side clearly the face (front). It appears to me hair from at least three different people was incorporated blonde, brown and black with thread matching the shade of the brown hair used for structure and securing. I can't even imagine the