Jeanette James combed remote Tassie beaches as a child, collecting tiny iridescent maireener shells with her family. Decades later she celebrates the importance of this ancient cultural practice. “My ...

Lola Greeno's shell necklaces tell a story about growing up on a remote Bass Strait island. The renowned Indigenous artist's exhibition Cultural Jewels has returned home to Tasmania for Reconciliation ...

I am surprised that Kaia Gerber did not wear a long, beaded necklace while browsing for root vegetables and spiritual sustenance at the farmers market last weekend, because just about every other ...

People living on the Israeli coast 120,000 years ago strung ocher-painted seashells on flax string, according to a recent study in which archaeologists examined microscopic traces of wear inside ...

Shell-stringing is the cultural practice of collecting, preparing and stringing shells to make necklaces and bracelets. This knowledge is passed from mothers and grandmothers to their daughters and ...

Some of Jeanette James’ earliest childhood memories involve combing remote Tasmanian beaches and collecting tiny iridescent maireener shells with her family. She always enjoyed the process, but it ...