Jewellery is
also worn for religious, spiritual or sentimental reasons. This function of
jewellery is personal as the wearer has an intimate emotional connection with
an item of jewellery with a spiritual function.
The wearer may wear sacred symbols, amulets or talismans that either
aids them spiritually by protecting them from evil or bringing them goodwill
(Metcalf 1998:4). Jewellery containing religious symbols or that has religious
or spiritual meaning is worn as a reminder of their religion or faith. A person
may also wear an item of jewellery for emotional reasons where a jewellery
piece reminds them of a lost loved one or an emotional event that has happened
in their lives (den Besten 2011:12). People choose to wear items of jewellery
that sentimental to them as they trigger a memory or emotion when seen or
touched by the wearer. (Damasio 1999:56) This intimate relationship between a
sentimental piece of jewellery is “significant for the wearer yet invisible for
the viewer” (den Besten 2011:12).
Below is an
image of a dragonfly pendant that I made for a customer. The symbol of
dragonfly is significant to her as it reminds her of her late mother.
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Figure 1
– van der Linden, A., (2019) Dragonfly Pendant,
Sterling Silver and Amethyst Cubic Zirconia |
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