tårewæsker
Tårewæsker are small containers used to hold dried tears as keepsakes within Scandinavian mourning traditions. The word is a compound of tåre, meaning tear, and æske, meaning box or case, and the plural form tårewæsker denotes multiple such boxes. In Danish and neighboring languages, the term refers specifically to objects kept for sentimental or ritual purposes related to bereavement.
Historically, tårewæsker were most common in the 18th through 19th centuries, though similar objects appear in
The practice associated with tårewæsker involved the voluntary shedding and preservation of tears as a gesture
In modern times, tårewæsker are primarily of interest to museum curators and scholars studying the history