Dutch Woman in Traditional Zeeland "Oorijzer" (Ear Iron) Headdress, Real Photo Postcard c. 1910s prison art heart frame making for a perfect marriage

making for a perfect marriage of "feminine" and "masculine

The only real flaw is a tear across the middle of the front-facing right window

but is still in very good shape and this box is in really excellent structural shape

but looks like divine flames licking her feet to me

Dutch Woman in Traditional Zeeland "Oorijzer" (Ear Iron) Headdress, Real Photo Postcard c. 1910s prison art heart frame making for a perfect marriageA 19th century watercolor portrait last week of a Dutch woman in traditional Friesland style "Oorijzer," (or "ear iron"), and then this early 20th century photo portrait of a Zeeland woman in one of a slightly different sort has me wanting to carve out some time to do a deep dive into these very particular traditional head ornaments! When I found this RPPC I did not yet know about Oorijzers, and what struck me was how those metal plates to either side