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The Egyptians wore a lot of jewellery.. It was mostly brightly coloured. It was often gold, contrasted with brightly coloured beads or stones. It had a great deal of detail to it, involving sometimes thousands of beads. Necklaces, anklets, bracelets, amulets, charms, headdresses, and earrings were all commonly worn. Jewellery was worn both for decoration and symbolic purposes. Most people wore some form of jewellery.
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 We are using the British Museum’s kit "Fun
With Beads: Ancient Egypt" by Janet Coles to make copies of some examples which
have been found. * The Lotus Bud Garland Necklace, made for Ipuy or his wife,
from around 12500 BC. It has 1021 beads in it and is very detailed. |
In making our jewellery, we used beads, fishing line, wire, and tweezers. Some of our jewellery was made using a kit from the British Museum. We made beaded necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. We reproduced the necklace which was worn by Ipuy or his wife, earrings worn by an Amarna princess, Papyrus Umbel earrings, the bracelet for Lady Senebtisi, Lute Player earrings, and many other items which are similar to those which would have been worn. We found that making those items was very time consuming and fiddly, but the results are quite effective. Sarah |