Burkina Faso Bridal Jewellery Pearl Necklace Earring.

Burkina Faso Bridal Jewellery Pearl Necklace Earring.

By Aamir Mannan.

 Lois Sherr Dubin writes, "[i]n the absence of written languages, adornment became an important element of Indian communication, conveying many levels of information." Later, jewelry and personal adornment "...signaled resistance to assimilation. It remains a major statement of tribal and individual identity.