know your jewelry people

Jewelry, the decorative item worn for personal adornment says a lot about the person wearing it, the statues of such a person can be determined by a simple look at what they have adorned themselves with.

Jewelry can be made from a wide range of materials; gemstones, amber, coral, precious and rear metals, beads and shells have often been used. Enamels have often been important too. The patterns of wearing jewelry between the sexes, and by children and older people can vary greatly between cultures, but adult women have been the most consistent wearers of jewelry.

In Nigeria today, jewelry are been used for quite a number of reasons: reasons ranging from functions, (generally to fix clothing or hair in place, or to tell the time in the case of watches) or even as a marker of social status and personal status, as with a wedding ring. While some have no specific reason for wearing them just for the fact that they love the look on them and they want to feel happy (I guess we all love to be happy). Most cultures at some point have had a practice of keeping large amounts of wealth stored in the form of jewelry. Numerous cultures store wedding dowries in the form of jewelry or make jewelry as a means to store or display coins. Alternatively, jewelry has been used as a currency or trade good; Africans often used beads for wealth storage, and social status could be easily determined by the quality, quantity and style of jewelry worn.

Over the years beads has been a thing of statement in Nigeria, a must have for every bridal fashion accessory for every Nigerian bride (and groom at times) preparing for her traditional marriage or engagement ceremonies. Guests to the occasion also wear beaded neck chains to finish up the aso-ebi look.