Many people like to wear charm necklace, but seldom people know the history of charm necklace exactly. Charm necklaces have a simple but long history, over thousands of years.
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History of charm necklace
2010-06-23 17:33:00
Charm necklaces have taken shape as religious symbols fashioned in precious metals and highlighted with gems, as simple stones wrapped in leather, or birds carved from bone representing a special significance to the wearer.
Thousands of years ago, charms were worn by people no matter men or women, early before writing system. Charm necklace shapes made from the stone or bone with its location originally, and derived from nature bore the significance to the wearer. In the days of the Egypt Pharaohs, we can see necklaces with big charms, they looked like breast plates. As for charm necklaces in India and the Asian countries, they are still worn using seeds that are one to two inches in diameter, called malas.
Eventually, animal’s claws, bandersnatch tooth, and kinds of metal such as gold, silver, and copper running through them made way for tooled gems and intricately carved birds, animals, and flowers. The whole scenes carved in ivory became popular. Soon there appear charm bracelet hanging lockets with hair curled up inside and miniature paintings of beloveds until today.
From the facts of charm necklace history above, we can have a mysterious feeling from ancient times.
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