Post by suewerry on Oct 22, 2011 4:42:20 GMT 1
Jewelery is very much primal because of the lack of communication with outside cultures. Jade Necklaces Some areas of Borneo and Papua New Guinea are yet to be explored by Western nations. However, the island nations that were flooded with Western missionaries have had drastic changes made to their jewellery designs. Jade Bangle Missionaries saw any type of tribal jewellery as a sign of the wearer's devotion to paganism. Thus many tribal designs were lost forever in the mass conversion to Christianity. Jade Rings
Today, a wide range of traditional elements of inspiration, such as bone carved pendants based on traditional hooks Hei Matau and other green stone jewelry is popular with young New Zealanders of all backgrounds - for which there is a general sense of the identity of New Zealand. Jade Jewelry These trends have contributed to a worldwide interest in Maori traditional culture and art.