ABSTRACT
The raison d’etre of products is the satisfaction of needs either explicit or perceived. While basic needs are obvious, it is difficult to categorise shining beads and sparkling rocks. The creativity of users has been driven by cues from the immediate surroundings. Headgear of one culture will be out of place in another. But then one cannot relate to a guru in unfamiliar gear. Certain forms have come to be associated with uses of the objects.
