Hair. Human hair. Hair woven into jewellery, wreaths, keepsakes. Michael Jackson’s hair. Marilyn Monroe’s hair.
Hair as art, hair as spectacle.
It was Leila Cohoon’s world, and she showcased it all at Leila’s Hair Museum, located in an otherwise unremarkable free-standing building on Noland Road in Independence, in the US state of Missouri.
Cohoon died in November at the age of 92, and as of last week, her family has decided to close her surreal attraction – the only museum of its kind in the world, open since 1986.
That is the bad news. The good news is that the four grandchildren to whom she bequeathed the museum have spent much of this year identifying new owners for these one-of-a-kind artefacts.
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