Jewelry The New York Times
In the late twentieth century, the influence of modern primitivism led to many of these practices being incorporated into western subcultures. Many of these practices rely on a combination of body modification and decorative objects, thus keeping the distinction between these two types of decoration blurred. Jewellery in the Pacific, with the exception of Australia, is worn to be a symbol of either fertility or power. Elaborate headdresses are worn by many Pacific cultures and some, such as the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea, wear certain headdresses once they have killed an enemy. Tribesman may wear boar bones through their noses. India was the first country to mine diamonds, with some mines dating back to 296 BC. Lightly antiqued for vintage style. Ruth Tomlinson composes a fantasia of blue sapphire, twinkling diamond and polished gold granules on her textured cuff. Ruth Tomlinson surrounds a sea green tourmaline with dazzling brilliant-cut diamonds and frothy bubbles of granulat...
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