Editing Jewellery (section)

=== Pacific ===
{{Main|Jewellery in the Pacific}}
Jewellery making in the [[Pacific]] started later than in other areas because of recent human settlement. Early Pacific jewellery was made of bone, wood, and other natural materials, and thus has not survived. Most Pacific jewellery is worn above the waist, with headdresses, necklaces, hair pins, and arm and waist belts being the most common pieces.

Jewellery in the Pacific, with the exception of Australia, is worn to be a symbol of either fertility or power. Elaborate headdresses are worn by many Pacific cultures and some, such as the inhabitants of [[Papua New Guinea]], wear certain headdresses once they have killed an enemy. Tribesman may wear boar bones through their noses.

Island jewellery is still very much primal because of the lack of communication with outside cultures. Some areas of Borneo and Papua New Guinea are yet to be explored by Western nations. However, the island nations that were flooded with Western missionaries have had drastic changes made to their jewellery designs. Missionaries saw any type of tribal jewellery as a sign of the wearer's devotion to paganism. Thus, many tribal designs were lost forever in the mass conversion to Christianity.<ref name="Neich 2004">Neich, R., Pereira, F. 2004. Pacific Jewellery and Adornment. ''David Bateman'' & ''Auckland Museum''. {{ISBN|1869535359}}.</ref>

[[Australia]] is now the number one supplier of [[opal]]s in the world. Opals had already been mined in Europe and South America for many years prior, but in the late 19th century, the Australian opal market became predominant. Australian opals are only mined in a few select places around the country, making it one of the most profitable stones in the Pacific.<ref>Dorling Kindersley Ltd. 1989. Facts and Fallacies: Stories of the Strange and Unusual. Reader's Digest. 11–13.</ref>

The [[New Zealand]] [[Māori culture|Māori]] traditionally had a strong culture of personal adornment,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tpo.tepapa.govt.nz/ViewTopicExhibitDetail.asp?TopicFileID=MINZ_T14&Language=English&dumbyparam=search |quote=Maori made and wore items of jewellery..." |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602095700/http://tpo.tepapa.govt.nz/ViewTopicExhibitDetail.asp?TopicFileID=MINZ_T14&Language=English&dumbyparam=search |date=2010-06-02 |publisher=Te Papa |title=Maori customary adornment |archive-date=2010-06-02}}</ref> most famously the [[hei-tiki]]. Hei-tikis are traditionally carved by hand from bone, [[nephrite]], or [[bowenite]].

Nowadays a wide range of such traditionally inspired items such as bone carved pendants based on traditional fishhooks ''[[hei matau]]'' and other [[Pounamu|greenstone]] jewellery are popular with young [[New Zealanders]] of all backgrounds – for whom they relate to a generalized sense of New Zealand identity. These trends have contributed towards a worldwide interest in traditional Māori culture and arts.

Other than jewellery created through Māori influence, modern jewellery in New Zealand is multicultural and varied.<ref name="Neich 2004" />

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File:MAP Expo Maori Hei tiki 15 01 2012 2.jpg|[[Māori people|Māori]] ''[[hei-tiki]]''; 1500–1800; jade ([[nephrite]]), abalone shell and pigments; from the [[New Zealand]]; [[Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac]] (Paris)
File:Pendanr (hei-tiki) LACMA M.71.73.156 (1 of 2).jpg|''Hei-tiki''; 18th century; nephrite and haliotis shell; {{convert|10.9|cm}}; from the New Zealand; [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] ([[Los Angeles]])
File:Pendant MET DP140060.jpg|Hawaiian pendant; 18th–19th century; whalebone; height: {{convert|6|cm}}, width, {{convert|3.8|cm}}; [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (New York City)
File:Breast Ornament (civa vonovono) LACMA M.2008.66.37.jpg|Breast Ornament (civa vonovono); {{circa|1850}}; whale ivory, pearl shell and fiber; height: {{convert|12.7|cm}}, diameter: {{convert|17.78|cm}}; from [[Fiji]]; Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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