Jouan & Rius / Close up of Bracelet Honey Myrtle tree flower (Melaleuca armillaris) Lesueur National Park, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Neckbone of Dugong (Dugong dugong) used in Palau as bracelet for clan chiefs, Palau, Micronesia

Owen Newman / Bracelet on wrist of Jo / Hoan bushman, Bushmanland, Namibia.

Mark Moffett / King Tut's bracelet with scarab, Cairo Museum, Egypt

Mark Moffett / King Tut's bracelet with scarab, Cairo Museum, Egypt

Angelo Giampiccolo / Red coral (corallium rubrium) necklace and bracelet for sale in a shop in Elba. The coral is a natural gem that is harvested from Elba's own coral reef, Italy.

Jim Brandenburg / Coins and a bracelet made of Arabic silver that Vikings obtained through trade in what was formerly the Soviet Union, Russia