Further Reading: Pendants
Pendant ... Pendants can have several functions, which may be combined: Ornamentation Identification (i.e., religious symbols, sexual symbols, symbols of rock bands) Protection (i.e., amulets, religious symbols) Self-affirmation (i.e., initials, names) Ostentation (i.e., jewels)... Award (i.e., Scouting Ireland Chief Scout's Award, Order of CúChulainn) The many specialized types of pendants include lockets which open, often to reveal an image, and pendilia, which hang from larger objects of metalwork...