Stone Jewels

There at the museum, we learned many intresting facts about the Native American time period. This all included information about the materials they used and the tools they made to be able to maintain life durring this time. In paticular, stone was one of those materials they used. The Native Americans found various ways to craft stone so that they could use it to whatever extent they needed. Jewelry was one of the few ways that they used this stone. They made many different kinds of jewelry out of stone for the entire body, but one piece of jewelry they specifically made to wear was the ear gage loops. It is festinating how they decided to use stone to make this jewelry and yet today we still have gages for earings.