Native American Jewelry - A Part of History

When it comes to jewelry, Native Americanavailability of the materials that can be found
Jewelry is one of the most sought after jewelrieswithin the area of the creating tribe. Although
these days. This is due to the historicalthese days, some of the materials used for
background and design that it has. Jewelry suchcreating these jewelries were only influenced by
as Native American Bracelets, were worn in earlywestern countries. For instance, the use of silver
days as a way of expressing their status andwas influenced by the Spanish people to the
tribal affiliations, especially for the Navajo tribe.Navajo tribe. Nowadays, this jewelry is usually
Other tribes such as the Apache wore thesemade of silver and turquoise is usually the
jewelries to communicate with their historicalsemi-precious gemstone that is used. Among
successes. The Zuni and Santo Domingo tribesthem all, the bracelets are the ones with a more
wore these jewelries because they believed thatdetailed design and inlaid with semi-precious gems.
it helps them to gain supernatural powers.There are four types of these bracelets.
Native American Jewelry is created based on the