Some further wondering:
How is impulse connected to blood and heart?
How is adorn connected to love and gold?
I asked my wife this morning “why are you wearing those earrings and
that pendant”. “I want to look good”, she said as she turned to leave
for work.
Sydney Cash
@Sydney_Cash
I don’t think this answers Sydney’s question, but it is pretty
fascinating, what could be the earliest jewellery found.
alison
A fascinating article was published on 4/16, which addresses several
Orchid ‘threads’ about the REASONS jewelry was worn.
With Ancient Jewelry, It’s the Thought That Counts
African shells are said to have been strung 75,000 years ago
and mark start of symbolic thinking.By Robert Lee HotzTimes
Staff Writer April 16 2004 In a handful of pierced seashells
found in a South African cave, scientists believe that they
have discovered the world's oldest known jewelry and the
earliest reliable evidence of creative symbolic thought at
work. The complete article can be viewed
at:
http://www.latimes.com/la-sci-jewelry16apr16,1,578104.story
David Barzilay
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Los Angeles, CA 90014-1718
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Just an interesting side bar to this thread… almost 30 years ago
I had a friend who was married to a rapidly rising auto industry exec
when they were transferred to the big Detroit headquarters. She was
welcomed with a gold charm bracelet with several charms already
affixed, and told to please wear same to all company functions. What
she discovered was that the level of one’s husband in the corporate
hierachy was directly related to the size, style and number of
charms on the wife’s bracelet, so the women instantly knew who was
where in the “pecking order”, so to speak. As he moves up, more
charms are added. I doubt if that ritual would be considered today,
but in terms of recent jewelry history, thought it worth sharing. I
remember how outlandishly fascinating we thought the whole concept
was back then, the friend with bracelet included. Anyone else with
similar ‘adornment’ accounts?
Baker O’Brien
www.bakerobrienglass.com