Beading as social status
Beading as social status Beads may be the first jewelry known to humans. Beads as jewelry can be in the form of bracelets and necklaces. Quoted from the epnri.indonesiaheritage.org page, the use of beads as jewelry also indicates the social status and age of the wearer. The more beads you have and wear, the higher your social status. Likewise, vice versa. As a marker of age, each age range has a different color of beads. Age 15-25 years wearing red black beads. Age 25-30 years wearing purple red beads. Ages 30 and over wear yellow beads. Read Also : Beads are human culture The use of different colors for each age range and differences in social status that arise from the number of beads that are owned, shows social barriers in a society that have existed since prehistoric times. This is the same as the custom of the tribes in the eastern part of Indonesia which measure wealth by the number of domesticated pigs they have. Wealth and social status are still not measured by money, but by