Beads have been used to create jewellery and adorn costumes since the dawn of time. If you were to look back on the Ice Age you would discover small objects crafted of natural "beads" including animal bones and teeth, seashells and colourful stones.
Beads have been used to create jewellery and adorn costumes since the dawn of time. If you were to look back on the Ice Age you would discover small objects crafted of natural "beads" including animal bones and teeth, seashells and colourful stones. These items were usually attached to clothe or plant fibers to form the most primitive forms of beaded jewellery.
Beading jewellery symbolizes many different things for different people; different cultures have associated beads with varying spiritual beliefs, cultural customs and social traditions. Beads, like many other cheap jewellery items, have been used throughout time to adorn the bodies of men and women alike, signifying power, beauty and the human spirit.
The very first actual "beads" that have been discovered date back to about 38,000 BC. Making by cavemen, these beads were crafted from animal parts. In later times, beads were crafted as symbols of fertility and animal spirits.
During the stone age, beads were crafted primarily to SPadorning the body; they were also used for trading on occasion however. A couple thousand years later, beads were crafted out of coral and other "precious" substances. In ancient Greece there evidence that carnelian beads and beads made of wealthy members worn lapis lazuli of society. The use of semi-precious stone beads began to become more popular about 2800 BC among the Syrians, who fashioned beads of materials like agate and serpentine.
Since that time beaded jewellery has become more and more valuable and popular. Gold and other semi-precious stones are often used to craft beaded jewellery.
Perhaps the most popular form of beaded jewellery is glass jewellery. Evidence of the first glass beads suggests that glassmaking was common in Mesopotamia around 2180 BC. Glass beads were popular then and are popular now in part because of their durability and inexpensive pricing. The Egyptian and Phoenician culture are well known for their use of glass to make beaded jewellery. Beading jewellery was commonly found buried with wealthy pharaohs in the ancient tombs of Egypt, though it was not uncommon for glass beads to be buried with poor families as well.
In modern times beaded jewellery is popular because of its versatility and diversity. Beads can be crafted from almost any material including the following:
• Coral/seashells
• Gemstones
• Glass
• Rock Crystal
• Gold
• Silver
• Stone
Beaded Jewellery comes in-
Bangle
Necklace
Earrings
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