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During the period from the mid to late nineteenth century until the early 20th century, popularly known as the "Victorian Era," people typically used elaborate physical representations and rituals to mark the death of a loved one. Because deaths typically took place in the home, the body of the deceased was usually prepared for burial, and often displayed for a period in the home. Because of the close proximity of death to the home, and the high mortality rates for children and infants, children were often familiar with and exposed to death and dead bodies from a very early age. By the late nineteenth century, it became customary to commission a "mourning doll" to lay at the grave of a deceased child. These became widely popular as a coping mechanism for families dealing with the death of

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rdfs:label	Victorian mourning dolls (en)
rdfs:comment	During the period from the mid to late nineteenth century until the early 20th century, popularly known as the "Victorian Era," people typically used elaborate physical representations and rituals to mark the death of a loved one. Because deaths typically took place in the home, the body of the deceased was usually prepared for burial, and often displayed for a period in the home. Because of the close proximity of death to the home, and the high mortality rates for children and infants, children were often familiar with and exposed to death and dead bodies from a very early age. By the late nineteenth century, it became customary to commission a "mourning doll" to lay at the grave of a deceased child. These became widely popular as a coping mechanism for families dealing with the death of (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Victorian Era Salvation Dolls Heaven Death customs Post-mortem photography Puritan Victorian culture Coffin New England Sin Eternal damnation dbr:Wax_effigy
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://curiousmatters.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/victorian-hair-art-a-curious-way-to-mourn/ http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Gr-Im/Grief-Death-Funerals.html%7Ctitle=Grief,
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date	April 2014 (en)
has abstract	During the period from the mid to late nineteenth century until the early 20th century, popularly known as the "Victorian Era," people typically used elaborate physical representations and rituals to mark the death of a loved one. Because deaths typically took place in the home, the body of the deceased was usually prepared for burial, and often displayed for a period in the home. Because of the close proximity of death to the home, and the high mortality rates for children and infants, children were often familiar with and exposed to death and dead bodies from a very early age. By the late nineteenth century, it became customary to commission a "mourning doll" to lay at the grave of a deceased child. These became widely popular as a coping mechanism for families dealing with the death of a child. (en)
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