Native American Jewelry

Even before the Europeans stepped on American soil, Native Americans were already proficient jewelers. They were making jewelry as part of their religious expressions and as adornment for their body. The popular base materials of the native craftsmen for jewelry construction were amber, turquoise, copper and possibly the most famous of them all is the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Native American jewelry is as varied and as unique as the tribes that design it. Each individual Native American tribe has its own style of jewelry making that dates back to their original origins. Native American jewelry has always been popular with non-Native Americans as well as Native Americans.
Jewelry styles were different in every American […]