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The term
pendant derives from the Latin "
pendere " to hang down.
Historically, the first jewelry piece
worn by a human was 15,000 years ago in
Africa. The jewelry piece was made of
bones. In the period of Stone Age Man
around 75,000 years ago, the jewelry
used were the snail shell left to dangle
from their necklaces. Pendants had been
in use as a jewelry form from the
period of Pharaohs to the Maoris.
The
Pendant is considered to be the most
attractive and charming is a gold
pendant from 324 AD at the reign of
Constantine the Great and with the time
the trend of pendant jewelry from
Victorian jewelry, Edwardian period and
retro. |
