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Jewelry

Ornaments such as bracelets, necklaces, and rings, of precious or semiprecious materials worn or carried on the person for adornment; also includes similar articles worn or carried for devotional or mourning purposes.

Basics Works of Art Curated Guides

Basics to get you started

Wearable art in Byzantium

The art of gem carving

How was it made? Enameling a brooch

Works of Art

Teaching guide: Mississippian shell gorget

c. 1250–1350

Amazigh Kabyle brooches (fibulae)

late 19th–early 20th century

Dangling pendants for gold crowns

late 4th–early 6th century C.E.

Gold necklace from Noseo-ri 215 Beonji Tomb, Gyeongju

c. 4th–6th century

Beaded collar (ingqosha), Xhosa artist, South Africa

early to mid-20th century

Escudos de monjas, or nuns’ badges, in New Spain

18th century

Gold crown and gold belt from the north mound of Hwangnamdaechong Tomb

c. 450–500 C.E.

Gold Earrings from the Double Burial in Bomun-dong, Gyeongju

mid-6th century

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