With a few exceptions such as a medical alert bracelet or military dog tags, jewelry is usually different from personal items of jewelry that has no purpose other than to look attractive, but man has produced and wore them for a long time–with 100,000 beads made of shell year Nassarius is considered the oldest known jewellery.
Jewelry can be made from various materials, but the precious metal, precious stones, beads and shells have been widely used. Depending on the culture and time can be appreciated as jewelry a status symbol, nature of materials, patterns, or meaningful symbols. Jewellery has been made to adorn nearly every body part, from flops to toe ring.
Most of the cultures at some point have a practice of keeping the wealth stored in the form of a large amount of jewelry. Many cultures move wedding sejahteranya in the form of jewelry or make jewelry as a means to store or display coins. Or, jewelry has been used as currency or trade good; examples of the use of slave beads.
Many items of jewellery, brooches and buckles originated as purely functional, item, but evolved into decorative items as functional requirement diminished.