Jewelery Archives
Australia is now the number one supplier of opals in the world. Opals had already been mined in Europe and South America for many years prior, however within the late nineteenth century, the Australian opal market turned predominant. Australian opals are only mined in a few select locations across the nation, making it one of the worthwhile stones in the Jewelery Pacific. Jewellery in the Pacific, excluding Australia, is worn to be a symbol of both fertility or power. Elaborate headdresses are worn by many Pacific cultures and a few, such as the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea, wear sure headdresses once they have killed an enemy. Motifs included orchids, irises, pansies, vines, swans, peacocks, snakes, dragonflies, mythological creatures, and the feminine silhouette.
One of the primary to begin out jewellery making have been the peoples of the Indus Valley civilization. By 1500 BC, the peoples of the Indus Valley …
