If you’re writing a school paper or homework assignment about the traditional jewels of a certain country or period in history, this post can come in handy for you. Folk jewels, ancient jewelry pieces from museums, archaeological finds of jewellery, centuries-old traditions of making and wearing costly adornments, and many more curious topics. We’ve gathered here all of our articles on the topic of traditional jewelry and specified whether you have permission to use the photos or not. Doing your homework is easy when you have enough info to work with.
History of jewelry
Georgian-era jewelry styles: festoon necklaces, Lover’s Eyes, quizzing glasses, and handmade chains
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Georgian-era jewelry. What materials did jewelers use at the time?
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Pearls throughout centuries. Magnificent jewelry with pearls
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Traditional gold jewelry technique: granulation. From Sumer to modern days
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Traditional gold jewelry technique: chain making. The loop-in-loop technique
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Traditional gold jewelry technique: wire jewelry. How do they do it?
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Jewelry of Marie Antoinette. What is left of her large and costly collection?
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Vintage royal jewelry. Queen Victoria's sophisticated coronet
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Byzantine crowns with pendilia or temple pendants – artful jewelry or imperial symbol of power?
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Authentic Byzantine gold jewelry. Exhibits from museum collections
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Jewelry, accessories, and hairstyles in Ancient Greece
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Gorgeous jewelry of Indian Maharaja and Maharani – great and wealthy rulers of India
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Traditional jewelry of Dark Age Europe: Anglo-Saxon style jewels
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Medieval temple rings. The most charming women’s jewelry of all times
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Medieval finger rings and earrings from the British Museum. Gold jewelry with gems
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Vikings and their beaded necklaces – the most beloved Scandinavian jewelry
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Traditional jewelry pieces of Kyivan Rus
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How wealthy women dressed in Kyivan Rus’ in the late 10th century
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Folk jewelry around the world
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Ukrainian dukach – traditional jewelry piece made from coins and adorned with gems
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Ukrainian traditional sets of jewelry – vintage necklaces
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Ukrainian folk jewels – vintage and stylized modern necklaces
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Ukrainian vintage necklaces. Beaded necklace could protect from evil eye or determine health issues
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Kazakh folk jewelry – charming pieces and practically always protection amulets
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Hawaiian folk jewelry originates from England. How so?
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Scandinavian tortoise fibulae or turtle brooches – outstanding Viking-age jewelry pieces
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Viking clothing and jewelry in Iceland
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Norwegian bunad jewelry: halsknapp and sølje
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Moroccan authentic jewelry – massive, copious, and so charming
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Buryat traditional jewelry. Even personal hygiene tools are turned into jewelry items
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Amazigh or Berber folk jewelry
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Miao bride is traditionally covered in silver jewelry from head to toe
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Traditional clothing and jewelry of Oman in the British Museum
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Old and new ways of wearing Indian traditional hair jewelry Maang Tikka
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Traditional female jewelry pieces of Rajasthan, India
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Private Ottoman jewelry collection became a museum in Turkey
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Tunisian traditional jewelry. Top-6 jewelry pieces every Tunisian woman should own
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Tunisian traditional anklet named “kholkhal” – a fun way to learn more about your bride
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Extraordinary collection of vintage jewelry from The Met
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Extremely beautiful necklaces made of a mix of beads and pendants from around the world
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Magnificent necklaces made using vintage beads and pendants from different parts of the world
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Ugandan women make beaded necklaces from recycled paper
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Ancient jewels and archaeological finds
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The oldest jewelry made from bone, shells, glass, stone, and metal. Archaeological finds
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Oldest beaded necklaces found on Ukrainian land. Some of them date back to the 11th century B.C.
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Jewelry pieces in Ancient Greece. Samples of 3,000-year-old gold jewels
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Men’s and women’s jewelry in the Roman Empire
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Scythian traditional gold jewelry and clothing with gold decorations (5th-4th century B.C.)
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