The use of a necklace to adorn oneself can be traced back over the centuries, while having the sole purpose of being aesthetically pleasing and enhancing an outfit, they have been used to demonstrate our individuality; and show individuals the expression of nonconformity in an attempt to distinguish themselves from society (Menninghaus, W. in Robert, K. 2011). Necklaces were used as complex visual decorations to convey various meanings; cultural and social status to dictate wealth to others, at one point it was even common for wealthy women to wear more than one necklace at a time to signify their wealth and class (McCarthy, M). They can be worn to confirm love and loyalty and, in the case of lockets, also to preserve our most precious memories, such as photographs and locks of hair. For example, in the Zulu tribe, girls often communicated their feelings to boys through jewelry making; they would make the jewelry with care and delicacy, choosing the motifs with great care to subtly convey their feelings. (Vanhaeren, M. 2009). By studying jewels we can not only identify people's personal tastes, but we can travel back in time, studying above all the materials with which they are made. It was discovered that the first known necklaces were made with teeth, bones and easily available materials (Gere, C and Rudoe, J. 2010), today however the variations never end, made with different materials, such as semi-precious ones from stones to gold and from silver to more affordable materials, such as plastic and glass beads; with a vast amount of designs, from simple and sophisticated to elaborate and over the top. Jewelry can be passed down from generation to generation or given as a gift to a loved one. The necklaces have a high... middle of paper......to bring luck and fortune for the rest of the month. However, they were not always considered lucky creatures: for example, in the 19th century, fishermen refused to utter the word while at sea. While in Devon seeing a white rabbit indicated imminent death in a currently ill person (Russell, H. (1925). Through the Celtic tribes it was noted that it was taboo to eat rabbit meat, citing doing so 'it was like eating your grandmother' (Ezpeleta, A. 1996) this shows us the importance of rabbits and the great consideration they have had throughout history, while elsewhere it was believed that eating rabbit meat brought beauty and vitality rabbits hid underground to communicate with the world of spirits and be able to carry messages from the living to the dead (Ezpeleta, A. 1996).