s in civilised countries;they may be nothing more than coloured glass beads,but as we know from travellers who can speak withauthority on this point, they are a real joy to theunsophisticated heart of the child of nature—theyare in fact his jewels—and let us not forget themeaning of the word, for… … us we shall find the custom of wearing some orna-ment or other almost universal; from the lowestto the highest, very few will be found who areabsolutely devoid of some article which fallswithin the category of jewellery in its broadestsignification. To cater for this perennial and ubiquitous…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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