Dominican Bridal Jewellery Gold Locket Earring.

Dominican Bridal Jewellery Gold Locket Earring.

By Aamir Mannan.       Monday, 22, January, 2024.

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