Maireener Shell & Black Crow Necklace | Rare Aboriginal Jewellery coasters By: Mark Greenwood

By: Mark Greenwood

curious hands

and why certain species pack a very poisonous punch

a Melbourne-based design collective whose homewares range centres around quirk

They filmed traditional Ngaanyatjarra tjinytjatjunku or mirlpa (telling stories while drawing in the sand) with women and girls

Maireener Shell & Black Crow Necklace | Rare Aboriginal Jewellery coasters By: Mark GreenwoodBlack Crow and Maireener Shell necklace, 515mm length The striking jewellery produced by Palawa Tasmanian artist Aunty Jeanette James using traditional Palawa shell stringing techniques. These skills are many thousands of years old and are handed down matrilineally. The Mariner shells collected along the coastline of Lutruwita are rare. To gather the shells required to produce a range of jewellery can take two to three years. Aunty Jeanette