Look Great In An American Indian Costume For The Forth July Celebrations Or Halloween

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So, you have chosen your American Indian outfit from the online site. You may feel that it still needs some work done particularly in accessorizing it to make it look more authentic. Of course, you also want to look good while you are in it, which the right jewelry will do the trick.

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Basically, American Indian jewelry is confined to two categories – metalwork and beadwork. You can choose from any of these categories for the jewelry that will go with your chosen American Indian outfit.

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Metal Jewelry

Native Americans have known the art of metal jewelry making even before the European colonizers came to the shores of the North America. The styles were relatively simple, however, which consisted of copper metal made into pendants and earrings as well as silver beads.

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In the 1800s, the European settlers taught the Native Americans more complex ways to form jewelry out of metal. Thus was born the distinctive native jewelry we now know today such as the Hopi Indians silver overlay bracelets, the Navajo and Zuni squash blossom necklace, and the Navajo turquoise inlay rings.

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Keep in mind that you can distinguish between jewelry making styles. For example, the Zuni Indians use mosaic, cluster, needlepoint and channel inlay to fashion jewelry while the Navajo Indians use larger pieces of coral and turquoise with scrolls and leaf patterns made from sterling silver.

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Just look at your Indian costume and determine which of the jewelry will look good on you. The good thing about buying jewelry with a Native American theme is that it can be used in daily life, often to the great delight of others who are fascinated with the exotic designs.

Bead Jewelry

Where metalwork in jewelry remained simple until the arrival of the European colonizers, bead work was very advanced in many areas of the continent. Intricate processes were used to shape, stitch and piece together the small and large beads into amazing works of art.

The turquoise, coral and shell beads were finely grinded by hand to form exquisitely patterned necklaces while porcupine quillwork made for heirloom pieces. Indeed, if you were so lucky as to be born into a Native American family, you might just have heirloom pieces inherited from many generations ago. Now, that would really make for authentic-looking American Indian costumes.

Nowadays, you can still enjoy the beadwork of the Native Americans, thanks to online sites and offline shops specializing in bead jewelry from the tribes. Ironically, however, the beads used may not be made by hand since the beads used often come from countries in Europe and Asia. Luckily for us in the later generations, the beauty of bead still remains in the jewelry with a Native American theme.

The right jewelry can go a long way towards making even the most generic of American Indian costume to look more beautiful, more authentic and more attractive. So, when looking for the costume, always make sure that you already have the perfect jewelry in mind or vice versa – either process of choosing will do.

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