Gemstone Gallery

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This gallery showcases a variety of precious and semi-precious jyo

Ostrich Shell Beads of Kenya

For a long time, it was thought that the oldest personal ornament ever was found in the site of Enkapune Ya Muto, translated as the Twilight Cave, in Kenya. It is believed that they are 40,000 years old. The beads were made from drilled ostrich egg shells tied on a string around the neck. These finds are contemporary to the supposed change in human cognitive abilities, when there was an outburst of imagination and abstract thinking.