19 Dec 2014 Long Necklace

Necklaces have been an integral part of jewelry since the time of ancient civilizations when mankind started to wear bone jewelries at the very beginning. Necklaces are believed to be as old as 40,000 years, during the Stone Age. The oldest necklaces were made of purely natural materials. Before weaving and the invention of string, durable vines or pieces of animal muscle left over from hunts were tied together and adorned with shells, bones or teeth or colorful skins of human prey animals, bird feathers, corals, carved pieces of wood, colorful seeds or stones or naturally occurring gems, or other beautiful or artful natural elements found nearby.

Slowly the addition of cloth and metal greatly expanded the range of jewelry available to humans. Once the Bronze Age began, humans discovered how to melt metal and cast it into shapes. And then chains and long necklaces became possible with bronze, copper, silver, gold, electrum, platinum and a variety of other metals. The next great era started when gem cutting and glass blowing allowed faceted and highly polished gemstones and beautiful art glass to be added to pieces. This paved the way for beautiful long necklaces.

In the modern era, a variety of new mediums are available for necklaces that earlier generations would not have ever thought of. Today, Craft Montaz has a collection of most modern long necklaces from the handicraft artisans across the world.

A Unique Pearl Necklace

Here the collection is very multi faceted. First we have a pearl necklace made out of frosted brownish green potato pearl with golden tribal beads.

A Natural Stone Long Necklace

Then we have a natural stone beaded one that is hand crafted in USA. The design is incredible with different shapes of mustard and black color polished natural stone beads and wood weaved together with a unique twist of Rudraksh bead (a type of holy fruit dried, considered to have several healing aspects) from India.

Bright Red Glass Bead Long Necklace

A classic pick is this handmade designer jewelry in red glass bead. Red Chinese crystal and small pearl beads are rightly accentuated. And on the same lines we have something on white crafted by the master designer of USA, on black and white glass beads.

Long Necklace with Glass Beads

And finally comes this unique fashion necklace that has these donut and ring shape shell beads. The necklace is hand crafted with flesh color shell beads, natural tourmaline crystal and terracotta tube beads.

A Unique Fashion Long Necklace

So, if you have thought that you already have a great collection of long necklaces then what do you feel now with these unique collections from Craft Montaz? Go ahead and enhance your collection of long necklaces now!

By: Pushpita, a freelance writer on world handicrafts and lifestyle. Pushpita holds a Masters in English literature and is a rich media professional.