Jewelry has been used for many purposes and for different reasons. It has been used to put or fix hair in place or even fix clothing. Also it has been used to tell the time hour and that’s in cases of the watches. In terms of the social and personal status it is used as a marker and that’s as during the wedding it is used as a ring.

It signifies the relationship forms, that is whether ethnic or social or even sometimes religious. It is also used in the provision of protection as a talismanic protection and this when in the form as the amulets. In the art work it is used as an artistic display. Also it is used to symbolize things and feelings of people such as love, mourning and many others like luck.

In most of the cultural practices, jewelry has been used here as a form to store wealth and this was in case of the large amounts of wealth or properties. It has also been used as a value for exchange as a currency in the exchange of the goods. It was also used during payment of the dowries in the cultural times and much more also used to show the symbol of certain membership in various groups mostly in churches or in religions.