Archive for January, 2008

Native American Jewelry : Stringing-up Culture

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Jewelry has played vital roles in ancient society and even today.  It is used to adorn and beautify ones’ self.  From simple, it became more elaborate, it now ranges from everything imaginable, rings, pendants, anklets, toe rings, nose rings, necklaces, belly buttons rings, anything!  Jewelry is once used to signify a person’s social status, now […]

Standing the Test of Time

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Native American jewelers are known for their hand-fashioned jewelry that has embedded itself equally in the American history and contemporary fashion. Native jewelry designs have been created since ancient times. Each piece of jewelry is renowned in today’s fashion because of their uniqueness in nature, natural charm and elegance. Archaeologists have discovered that Native American […]

Native American Jewelry : Beyond Jewelry

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Adorning and beautifying one’s self is an innate nature of man.  Ever since the prehistoric times, beaded jewelries like necklaces called heishe (refers to a shell in Santo Domingo’s language) have been around for ages.  In the southwest, shells such as clam, conch, spiky oyster shell, abalone, and mother of pearl, have been utilized in […]