Jewellery played a major role in the fate of the Americas when the Spanish established an empire to seize South American gold. Jewellery making developed in the Americas 5,000 years ago in Central and South America. Large quantities of gold was simply accessible, and the Aztecs, Mixtecs, Mayans, and quite a few Andean cultures, such as the Mochica of Peru, created beautiful pieces of jewellery.
Early jewelry making in China started around the same interval, nevertheless it grew to become widespread with the unfold of Buddhism round 2,000 years in the past. This period also noticed the first main collaboration between East and West. Collaboration in Pforzheim between German and Japanese artists led to ShakudÅ plaques set into Filigree frames being created by the Stoeffler firm in 1885).
Among the Aztecs, only nobility wore gold jewellery, as it showed their rank, power, and wealth. Gold jewelry was most typical in …
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