The wearing of jewelry has been with us across the ages with both men and women seeking to adorn their persons with these ornamental devices. The word jewelry is anglicised from an old French word “joule” (jewel), but the origin can be further traced back to the Latin word “jocale” which means plaything.
Although we typically think of jewelry as being made from precious metals and gemstones, over the centuries it has been made from a variety of materials such as cloth, wood, shells, rocks and stone. In fact man has been very ingenious and artistic in creating jewelry from just about anything and in many different styles from the plain and simple to the highly elaborate.
Items of jewelry have also been adopted as potent symbols and even worn to ward off evil spirits or to help overcome enemies in battle.
Examples of jewelry being worn other than for adornment, are necklaces such as the cross or crucifixes worn by Christians as potent religious symbols. Other religious types of necklaces are pendants known as amulets, which are figures or symbols of varying shapes and sizes, which are hung on a chain round the neck.
Necklaces called lockets, which are usually heart shaped are worn as a symbol of love and open up to reveal a picture or lock of hair from a cherished one.
Necklaces and pendants are both worn around the neck but a pendant usually means a hanging object although it can be hanging from a neck chain or an earring. A choker is also a form of necklace but is worn high around the neck and can also have a pendant hanging from it.
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