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2. Medieval jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Jewelry was used in different ways as a very important marker of identity such as social status. Additionally, it served as an indicator of wealth, literacy, and faith. [3] For example, aristocratic families used jewelry to re-enforce their rank by wearing an emblem of the lineage that they belonged to. [4] Reliquary Pendant with Virgin and Child

3. Native American jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Wanesia Spry Misquadace (Fond du Lac Ojibwe), jeweler and birch bark biter, 2011 [1]Native American jewelry refers to items of personal adornment, whether for personal use, sale or as art; examples of which include necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings and pins, as well as ketohs, wampum, and labrets, made by one of the Indigenous peoples of the United States.

4. Figaro chain - Wikipedia

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   14 karat figaro chain. The figaro chain [1] is a jewellery chain design consisting of three or more small circular links followed by one elongated oval link. The most notable figaro chains are manufactured in Italy. [2] They are usually worn by men and are often adorned with pendants such as crosses and medallions. [3]

5. Necklace - Wikipedia

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   1400–1500: During the Renaissance it was fashionable for men to wear a number of chains, plaques, and pendants around their necks, and by the end of the 15th century the wealthiest men would wear great, shoulder covering collars inlaid with gems. [4] Women typically wore simpler pieces, such as gold chains, or strung beads or pearls. [11]

6. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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   Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a western perspective, the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for example.

7. Pendant - Wikipedia

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   In modern French, pendant is the gerund form of pendre ("to hang") and also means "during". The extent to which the design of a pendant can be incorporated into an overall necklace makes it not always accurate to treat them as separate items. [2] In some cases, though, the separation between necklace and pendant is far clearer. [2]