Oh joy! I finally stumped you all. It is a locket containing what may be Jane Austen's hair. It was sold for 4800 pounds (just over A$8,000) in June 2008, so someone thinks it is really Austen's hair. While there is no absolute proof that the hair comes from Jane Austen, the authors name is written in hair within the piece. If they ever get human cloning happening this could end up an even more interesting historical object.
Oh joy! I finally stumped you all. It is a locket containing what may be Jane Austen's hair. It was sold for 4800 pounds (just over A$8,000) in June 2008, so someone thinks it is really Austen's hair. While there is no absolute proof that the hair comes from Jane Austen, the authors name is written in hair within the piece. If they ever get human cloning happening this could end up an even more interesting historical object.
ReplyDeleteAhhh. Didn't look hard enough. But found this eventually.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jun/02/janeausten
Really interesting though.