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Only the unmarried and prostitutes wore their hair loose.  \r\n\r\nFlat hair pins, like this, were worn across the back of the head to support the heavy braided hair.  The decorative head stuck out at the side of the face.  Ribbons were threaded through the two slits on the stem, to help hold it in place.  The hand holding a flower, on its top, is typical of hair pins from the Campania region around Naples, and probably has amuletic significance.  The pin has silver marks which show it was made in southern Italy between 1832 and 1872.\r\n\r\nIt was bought as part of the Castellani collection of Italian Peasant Jewellery at the International Exhibition, Paris, 1867.","physicalDescription":"Hair pin, consisting of a flat strip of metal with a cast hand at one end holding a flower, and a flat disc at the other.  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