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Pocket watch chain ...


... made out of human hairs.
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Camera: Sony Xperia Z1 Compact mobile phone F5321
Exposure: 1/32 sec.
Aperture: f/2.0
ISO: 160
Focal Length: 4.2 mm (28 mm equivalent digitally zoomed 1.3 times, which then turns it to ~35 mm equivalent)
Lens: Clip-on macro lens (magnifying glass).
Editing: Snapseed & PicMonkey
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This pocket watch and chain for it I have inherited. Unfortunately I do not know to whom exactly they belong to, and who's hairs has been used. When searching more on this subject, I discovered this chain design has been typical only around here in Finland (and maybe also in Russia and Sweden). Web pages written in English usually refers to somewhat different chain design, which seem to be used especially when mourning a dead family member*. This made me think that in "good old times" people had much grander and more profound approach to life in general. They mourned more visually and longer when it comes to social signs and traditions. And people also paid a lot of attention on details.

*UPDATE: Although, this morning I found a page where it is said the pocket watch chains made out of hairs were not used only when mourning someone. It was more like a gesture of love. A woman could make a chain out of her hairs to give it to the man she loves deeply:
www.mercurynews.com/2010/06/21/whats-it-worth-watch-chain-made-of-hair
And soon after even that became commercial... =/
Camera details
Camera: Sony Xperia Z1 Compact mobile phone F5321
Exposure: 1/32 sec.
Aperture: f/2.0
ISO: 160
Focal Length: 4.2 mm (28 mm equivalent digitally zoomed 1.3 times, which then turns it to ~35 mm equivalent)
Lens: Clip-on macro lens (magnifying glass).
Editing: Snapseed & PicMonkey
Overview and background
This pocket watch and chain for it I have inherited. Unfortunately I do not know to whom exactly they belong to, and who's hairs has been used. When searching more on this subject, I discovered this chain design has been typical only around here in Finland (and maybe also in Russia and Sweden). Web pages written in English usually refers to somewhat different chain design, which seem to be used especially when mourning a dead family member*. This made me think that in "good old times" people had much grander and more profound approach to life in general. They mourned more visually and longer when it comes to social signs and traditions. And people also paid a lot of attention on details.


*UPDATE: Although, this morning I found a page where it is said the pocket watch chains made out of hairs were not used only when mourning someone. It was more like a gesture of love. A woman could make a chain out of her hairs to give it to the man she loves deeply:
www.mercurynews.com/2010/06/21/whats-it-worth-watch-chain-made-of-hair
And soon after even that became commercial... =/
Au Cœur... diagonalhorizon, Gudrun, Erhard Bernstein, Annemarie and 19 other people have particularly liked this photo
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Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to ValfalIn my country we still mourn the old way, well... in small villages and with ancient people, the young one dont give a damm about it for most of them.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Xata clubXata club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… clubSami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Chrissy clubSami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to neira-Dan clubSami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Percy Schramm clubAlso a great photo
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Erika+Manfred clubSami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Marie-claire GalletSami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to trester88 clubZur Bedeutung des menschlichen Haares
Die besondere Wertschätzung verdankt das Haar den Vorstellungen um die ihm innewohnenden Kräfte. Das Kopfhaar gilt als Sitz der Lebenskraft; mit dem Abschneiden der Haare verliert man diese Kraft und gibt sich in die Gewalt und Obhut desjenigen, in dessen Besitz sie gelangen.
Engl.:
The importance of human hair
The hair owes its special appreciation to the ideas about its inherent powers. The scalp hair is considered the seat of the vital energy; with the cutting off of the hair one loses this power and gives oneself into the power and care of the one in whose possession they come.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to aNNa schramm club"Mother, why daddy is bald?"
"Well, he has to think so much and hard at work."
"Then how come you have so long hair?"
But on my favorite fantasy books, The Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb, the characters cut their hair when mourning someone. The greater the loss, the more hair they cut.
Gudrun club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… clubSami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Gudrun clubMaybe it is actually a typical male symptom of being able to think only one thing at the time ;-) No multitasking...
Antiken Schrank...
Thank you for explaining this souvenir of great value.
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