One of the crafts that humans excels in is creating jewelries. Culture is influenced by different factors and jewelry is connected ethnically. Jewelry is forever relates with fashion and through the years, using accessories is man’s great fascination. Adorning oneself with things accentuate one’s personality. It raises the character and draw attention making the proud owner more beautiful than ever. It is actually a status symbol for some. Rich or poor always has a thing with jewelries. For the rich, it shows them their luxurious life and how they can afford buying those things. Gaining countless jewelry shows that one can afford these types of excess and not every people can afford to have this things. An affordable price is always a win-win offer to many customers. Where the jewelry is made and who made it also sets the price. For the not-so-rich, gaining jewelry is not even a need and not even a priority. It is already luxurious to have some and even worth more than the money that is used in buying it in the first place. Not all jewelries are similar, even their prices. The higher the percentage of purity of the metal, the more expensive it gets. To reduce their prices, mixing with other metals is one alternative. There are instances of creating fake jewelries, where a lower value metal is only coated with gold to make it like an original item. It is also considered as an art and the older the pieces are, the more valuable it is. Ancient jewelry collections are a a hobby for some. Academically, it also aids us learn our culture and how ancient cultures thrived and lived.
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