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2. Magatama - Wikipedia

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   Both jade magatama from the site are of unusually high-quality brilliant green jade. [16] One known center of Yayoi magatama production was in the area of the Tamatsukuri Inari Shrine in Osaka. Tamatsukuri literally means "jewel making", and a guild, the Tamatsukuri-be, was active from the Yayoi period. An existing jewel at the shrine is said ...

3. Yupei - Wikipedia

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   [8]: 30 Huang and half-bi were sometimes used as component of an ensemble of jade pendant. [15]: 94 Jade pendants could also be found in strings of jade ornaments (e.g. in the forms of small jade tubes, called cong [15]: 94 ). [8]: 8 Strings of jade could also be combined with other forms of jade pendants. [8]: 37–38 Jade pendants worn as ...

4. Hanfu accessories - Wikipedia

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   Necklaces with carved jade pendant. Jade culture is an important aspect of Chinese culture, [3] reflecting both the material and spiritual culture of the Chinese people. [4]: 18 Jade is deeply ingrained in Chinese culture and played a role in every aspect of social life; [4]: 18 it is also associated with positive qualities and aspects such as ...

5. Pounamu - Wikipedia

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   The Māori word pounamu is derived from namu, an archaic word that describes blue-green (or 'grue') cognate with Tahitian ninamu. [2] Pounamu, also used in New Zealand English, in itself refers to two main types of green stone valued for carving: nephrite jade, classified by Māori as kawakawa, kahurangi, īnanga, and other names depending on colour; and translucent bowenite, a type of ...

6. Jade use in Mesoamerica - Wikipedia

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   Maya pendant in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Map showing the locations of some of the main jade, obsidian and serpentine sources in Mesoamerica. The archaeological search for the Mesoamerican jade sources, which were largely lost at the time of the Maya collapse, began in 1799 when Alexander von Humboldt started his geological research in the New World.

7. Native American jewelry - Wikipedia

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   North American Indian Jewelry and Adornment: From Prehistory to the Present. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999: 170-171. ISBN 0-8109-3689-5. Haley, James L. Apaches: a history and culture portrait. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. ISBN 978-0-8061-2978-5. Karasik, Carol. The Turquoise Trail: Native American Jewelry and Culture of the ...