Just five years ago there were real concerns the ancient Aboriginal practice of shell stringing would be lost in Tasmania. In 2010, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) started running luna ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...