Victorian Hair x 2, Pair of Portraits of Young Women Encircled with Hair Wreaths old folk art birdhouse or hu tou mao

or hu tou mao

It seems to me there are maybe too many things that line up here to think it is mere coincidence

Approximately 6 1/2" square and 4 1/4" tall

recently fabricated

I belief the chief represented here is most likely Southwestern Pueblo

Victorian Hair x 2, Pair of Portraits of Young Women Encircled with Hair Wreaths old folk art birdhouse or hu tou maoTwo young lovelies, each with quite an elaborate hair do (especially the young woman at right), which makes the encirclement of their portraits in braided hair wreaths feel all the more apt and it is the pairing, twice over, that made me fall in love with this. The hair at left is very dark brown; at right a bit lighter, both appearing tight and held to the photographs via a tiny stitch or two through at the bottom of each. Framed as found, under