Jewellery has been used for thousands of years in different cultures. Jewellery is created by skilful artists and designers working with a range of materials – some of which, like metals, are chemically simple.

The purposes for wearing jewellery vary from society to society and alter over time. The purposes can include:

• practical uses in clothing such as clasps, pins and buckles
  
• body adornment to make people look more attractive
  
• symbols to show membership, status and beliefs (religious emblems)
  
• protection from feared threats, including disease (charms and amulets)
  
• tokens of remembrance, souvenirs
  
• the display and storage of wealth.

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