Jewelry is made in a great variety of types and from many different kinds of materials. Precious jewelry is made of the rarest and most beautiful metals and gemstones. Non-precious jewelry is made of materials that are easier to find and less expensive.
Early men adorned themselves with pebbles, shells, berries, and feathers. they made necklaces of pieces of stone, horn, or the teeth of animals. Indians of early America wore necklaces of wampum (beads of polished shells), bone, metal. Primitive peoples in many parts of the world still wear similar decorations.
Early men adorned themselves with pebbles, shells, berries, and feathers. they made necklaces of pieces of stone, horn, or the teeth of animals. Indians of early America wore necklaces of wampum (beads of polished shells), bone, metal. Primitive peoples in many parts of the world still wear similar decorations.
