May 29, 2025

Chunky, ethnic art for the neck (and wrist)

Fancy and beautiful, artsy and fashionable necklaces rule these women’s taste for everyday fashion wear here in the CNMI.

Fancy and beautiful, artsy and fashionable necklaces rule these women’s taste for everyday fashion wear here in the CNMI.

Patty Mendoza
Counselor

ST: Tell me more about your necklaces:
Mendoza: They are locally made but some I got from Majuro, Marshall Islands.

ST: Why do you wear them?
Mendoza: I love to wear them especially on special occasions. I wear it as an art.

ST: How many necklaces do you have?
Mendoza: I have three. A few are from Saipan and given by my husband. One I got during last year’s Flame Tree Arts Fest.

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Cassie Hamman
Teacher

ST: Tell us more about your collection.
Hamman: I’ve been wearing these kinds of necklaces since I was a little girl.

ST: Why do you wear them?
Hamman: Wearing them reminds me of the places I’ve been to and bring back memories from unique experiences.

ST: How many necklaces do you have?
Hamman: I have six or seven necklaces. Some I got in Bali, Indonesia. I have lost some of the necklaces already.

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Jacqueline Hernandez
Photojournalist

ST: Where did you get your necklaces and bracelets?
Hernandez: I got them all from the Philippines.

ST: Tell us more about your collection.
Hernandez: Most of them are made of wood and beads I got from the Cordillera, Baguio City, and Cebu City in the Philippines.

ST: Why do you collect them?
Hernandez: I love the ethnic style

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Jane Mack
MLS director

ST: Why do you wear them?
Mack: I love them and proof that I love the island

ST: How many do you have?
Mack: I only have two. One, I wore when I became a special judge at the Superior Court.

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Vicky Taitano
Staff attorney

ST: How many necklaces do you have?
Taitano: I have eight pieces I collected here.

ST: Why do you wear them?
Taitano: They look nice. They’re beautiful. It is such a beautiful reminder of the beautiful art of the Carolinians and the Chamorro.

ST: How did you collect these necklaces?
Taitano: My family gave me most of them.

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Esther Fleming
Special Assistant for Administration

ST: How many necklaces do you have?
Fleming: I only have two.

ST: Where did you get them?
Fleming: I got this one in Honolulu, Hawaii.

ST: Why do you wear them?
Fleming: (laughing) I get respect from wearing them.

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