Where do your fashion pearl earrings Come From?

July 29th, 2010

When I think of it I think pearls to be precise in Africa – South Africa. There is nothing the Zulu can not make with beads. They sit in Durban, on the sea, on the pavement, and work their miracles with beads: Long beads, thin beads, round beads, small beads and large beads – Beads of any shape or size. Some beads go into the manufacture of place mats, table mats, doormats or pot covers. Most of the beads, but go into the manufacture of jewelry, and most go into the manufacture of pearl earrings.
The Western world also has a history with pearls. Neanderthal man is the oldest bead found in history. These were discovered in France and dated as far back as 38,000 BC. They were followers and earrings made of grooved teeth and bones. Other findings include the prayer back to the Middle Ages that are still in use in the Roman Catholic Church today dates pearls. Even the “eye bead” was used to make the ancient need for “protection against evil” – that is where the word “evil eye is.” The “eye bead” served as protective amulets, as it as it is the eyes on the beads that can see in all directions, looks like. They encourage those they watch, look away from the person who wears it and holds him / her safe. In one of the most common archaeological finds pearl elements are found in ancient tombs, which show that beads have always been popular.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth-century Venetian and Bohemian glass factories in Africa, traded by the middle men. Here they were of Africans working in jewelry and sells it is exported back to the Western world. Europeans exchanged glass beads for almost everything from beaver fur in North America, the spices in Indonesia, and then for gold, ivory and slaves in Africa. In Africa, beads are an important part of a message. In all African societies, jewelry, mostly with pearls, to communicate cultural values. These values are shown as a kind of symbolic language, rank, religion, politics and artistic view of life presented.
In India, the history of jewelry dates back 5000 years into the prehistoric past. In different regions of India, there are styles that are unique to each region. Some works mainly in silver use, some of the fine art of enameling, jewelry of the Temple of the setting of semi-precious and precious stones in gold concentrate and now they are world famous. The variety of silver beads found all over India are also known.
In India, jewelry for virtually every part of the body in a variety of ornaments. This ensures that the jewelers and craftsmen of India was very clever in the design and manufacture jewelry. Indian jewelry is made nose rings, earrings, bracelets, tiaras, rings, anklets, amulets and necklaces, in each metal and styles. In some regions, designs are inspired by nature. In other regions, gold is used to craft a long funnel shaped beads that are used with shells, animal claws and teeth and precious and semiprecious stones. Jewelry is designed not only for humans but also for the gods, why Indian Jewelry is so excellent. In the Western world we take for granted the beads, but if we really think their use will form part of a story in our history that reflects the past and present, and our future.
Today you will find pearls wherever you go. In Africa they are found in every market. In New Zealand there is an online wholesale bead shop called “Bead Gallery.” You need only to do an online search to find the beads in your area.
Now that you know the history of pearl, pearl earrings to wear your fashion know they come from a rich history.

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