▁during ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 5 th ▁century , ▁are ▁found ▁exclus ively ▁in ▁the ▁Amer icas , ▁mainly ▁in ▁Peru , ▁and ▁attributed ▁to ▁having ▁been ▁introduced ▁by ▁Christopher ▁Columb us . ▁Che v ron ▁be ads ▁are ▁very ▁popular ▁collect ors ' ▁items ▁and ▁they ▁are ▁still ▁highly ▁val ued ▁in ▁present - day ▁West ▁Africa , ▁where ▁they ▁continue ▁to ▁be ▁worn ▁for ▁prest ige ▁and ▁cer emon ial ▁purposes , ▁and ▁occasionally ▁buried ▁with ▁the ▁dead . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁Italy , ▁today ▁che v ron ▁and ▁ro set ta / star ▁be ads ▁are ▁manufact ured ▁in ▁India , ▁China ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁be ad ▁making ▁indust ries ▁in ▁India ▁began ▁making ▁che v ron ▁be ads ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁the ▁star ▁be ads ▁made ▁in ▁Pur dal pur , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁glass ▁be ad ▁making ▁cent ers , ▁were ▁made ▁without ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁a ▁m ould , ▁from ▁prepared ▁sections ▁of ▁hot ▁stri ps ▁of ▁glass ▁that ▁were ▁f used ▁together ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁can e . ▁ ▁Because ▁of ▁this ▁method ▁of ▁manufact ure , ▁the ▁points ▁of ▁the ▁stars ▁of ▁these ▁be ads ▁typically ▁have ▁slight ▁indent ations . ▁ ▁Chinese ▁che v ron ▁be ads ▁are ▁made ▁from ▁m ould ed ▁star ▁can es ▁like ▁Ven et ian ▁che v ron ▁be ads . ▁They ▁have ▁well - formed ▁star ▁patterns ▁and ▁im itate ▁Ven et ian ▁be ads . ▁