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Very beautiful and creative use of chain! This is a gorgeous spirit lock.
What a wonderful Spirit lock, like Toya, it is a gorgeous one, have never seen such a beautiful one before! The hole necklace is just great!!
Thank you Eva and Toya, it is a very nice old spirit lock and I adore it. I bought it from Silva, Oldbeads.com
Lovely creation, what is a spirit lock? lovely shape and work.
Hi Ingrid: Spirit locks are metal padlock shaped pendants worn around the neck. They function as amulets to 'lock' the soul of a person into his or her body in the case of illness, accident or spiritual malaise. Spirit locks are primarily worn by the Hmong and Akha hilltribe people of Thailand, Burma and Laos.
Thanks Eva! I was just about to answer Ingrid.
http://www.kashgar.com.au/articles/spirt-locks
Hi Ann, nice link, I just read there also about the Ethiopian cross and it s history, well and short written..
Thank you Eva and Ann, Very interesting. It looks as if the force lays in the bows on top I saw in different shapes on your links (Eva they wouldn.'t let me in on one of the sites. Have to read it once again. Thank you.
What a truly lovely piece - I have never seem such an elaborate sprit lock. The once I have seen before usually had had engravings, but no filigree work or granulation. Do you happen to know where it hails from or how old it might be?
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