tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9850889620936438722024-03-14T07:24:52.008-07:00Shell Necklace FileThe Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-28205100824137454662012-01-07T16:08:00.000-08:002012-01-07T17:14:10.213-08:00Maireeners Without Provenance<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzvJCrAmsmcfQVe4uxPtHa4whEH8pNI7KyVhAQhNTfpiZtw2LlECRSjAq-CKw8GEG420IsiaifVs59A4RJFcnQTl-LlWgxwkSqHglEBmRUaGm2ogktwNHhtbV3g-ahA78rNmBLgDLbeJe/s1600/MAIREENERebay.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzvJCrAmsmcfQVe4uxPtHa4whEH8pNI7KyVhAQhNTfpiZtw2LlECRSjAq-CKw8GEG420IsiaifVs59A4RJFcnQTl-LlWgxwkSqHglEBmRUaGm2ogktwNHhtbV3g-ahA78rNmBLgDLbeJe/s400/MAIREENERebay.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695047137762052242" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span></b></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When questioned by one of this site's readers about this necklace's provenance the seller said <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">"thank you for your question and comment. I gather you believe the shell necklace is not a necklace made by aboriginals, are you able to enlighten me as to who you think may have made a necklace like this and how would you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">derscribe</span> authentic aboriginal? I have no authenticity or document, all I can state is what I put in my listing and what was relayed to me. The listing states vintage aboriginal shells, the word authentic is in the description and it was meant to refer that this is an aboriginal necklace made with authentic <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">maireener</span> shells. As you know they were made and sold in Tasmania by aboriginals to tourists for who knows how long. I have seen and had a number over the years of all different colours, everyone I know would <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">automnatically</span> identify this necklace as a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">maireener</span> aboriginal necklace. I have seen the modern shell necklaces legally made by people of aboriginal descent with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">certicates</span> and those hideous dyed <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">maireener</span> shells. On speaking with people I have found they prefer these older necklaces with their simple intrinsic uniform beauty over the modern day ones, even with a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">certicate</span> and made by people of aboriginal descent. I have enjoyed your input and have applauded your comments, and would like to hear more in relation to what or what defines original and authentic in relation to these shells. Cheers"</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Then the seller said in response to a reply</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">"Thank you for your response. As stated <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">thes</span> shells were listed on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">informatin</span> that was supplied to me. I cannot state if shells were purchased in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Launceston</span> or Hobart - I was only told Tasmania. I did acquire the shells from a country <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">womens</span> association fete, the lady who was in her 70's stated they had been her grandmother's and told me they were aboriginal and purchased from an aboriginal seller in Tasmania. I have no problem with being challenged, in any way. Had I had any doubts I would have listed differently. In hindsight I should have left off the word authentic, it obviously was ambiguous by its implied meaning. I am in a quandary as to how anyone could have a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">certicate</span> of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">authticity</span> other than going to the Tasmanian Museum. No certificate was given when shells were sold to Tourists, it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">sppears</span> to me that as it stands to state <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">maireener</span> shells are aboriginal made puts them as not authentic until proven otherwise. I believe the modern aboriginal legal makers of the necklaces give certificates, as so it should be. I know there are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">unscroupulous</span> dealers out there who will try and cash in on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">anythging</span> that money can be made out of. It would not <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">surprisse</span> me to see China suddenly producing these shell necklaces just to cash in."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All this smacks of the fast talking <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34ag4nkSh7Q">Sgt. Schultz</a></b> and of childhood when you’re caught with your hand in the cookie jar and have not yet been told about <b><a href="http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/presidents-day/george-washington/short-stories/the-cherry-tree.html">George Washington</a></b> chopping down his dad’s cherry tree.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Incrementally, inch by inch, understandings change even when you cannot admit to it and say it out loud. The most extraordinary thing is the way it is assumed that the only way to measure <b>“value”</b> is to do it in dollars. Yes its important that that is there but it is worth keeping an eye on <b>WHY</b><b> the value </b>is there. Let’s blame the Chinese. From all accounts they always say<i> – well usually unless its fashion</i> – in <b>some way</b> that they are copying and if they did here they’d probably be farming the shells etc. etc. and like the <b><i><a href="http://tasmanianshellnecklaceresearch.blogspot.com/2009/03/click-on-image-to-enlarge-text-in.html">HOBART NECKLACES</a></i></b> they’d always have other cultural cargo. BUT its more profitable to be farming fresh water pearls one suspects!</div><br />Lets look again at what's currently on offer AND:<br /><ul><li><b>Item number:</b> 290628523922 is a TOTAL fiction albeit that the seller is in Nth <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Tas</span>; </li><li><b>Item number:</b> 290652749980 is not making any unsustainable claims but has no bids?? And </li><li><b>Item</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> number:</span> 190620202030 = is quite probably a HOBART NECKLACE of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">ambiguous</span> vintage and reasonable value @ $228 which also tells us something about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">eBAY</span> bidders in so much as they seem to be savvy enough NOT to reward <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">shonky</span> descriptions <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">...</span> The market seems to be tops at about $500!</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">eBAY</span> is an amazing place in so much as buyers can do and do their research on the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Internet</span> which sends out its own messages to sellers <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">et</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">al</span> on the look out for uninhibited cultural understandings and imperatives on display.</div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-39679943442015128042011-05-14T01:03:00.000-07:002011-05-14T17:31:43.313-07:00Highly Unlikely To Be As Described<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpgyg1nuxHyd3l4T3nQjEwpydlzyinr8QgMEMKK3gJ_uHobuDPs6-HqQFmn8xobSBtVANLBnpm-0dmIRuJkrM4D8vTO6_NmUadj6r1FffKjLYWXgDz4J-bI524f3BeK7zrg48aXytQr_M/s1600/MAIREENER.394.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpgyg1nuxHyd3l4T3nQjEwpydlzyinr8QgMEMKK3gJ_uHobuDPs6-HqQFmn8xobSBtVANLBnpm-0dmIRuJkrM4D8vTO6_NmUadj6r1FffKjLYWXgDz4J-bI524f3BeK7zrg48aXytQr_M/s400/MAIREENER.394.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606479629308479938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Click on the image to enlarge</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This item is highly unlikely to be what it claims to be and possibly yet another exemplar of an online seller invoking <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'the Aboriginal Factor'</span> in order to win a premium. Well typically it <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">doesn't</span> work because buyers tend to do their research and know about the things they collect.<br /><br />The lack of bids here says most of what needs to be said.<br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-51737653241427268432011-05-13T17:31:00.000-07:002011-05-14T17:32:28.963-07:00ON eBAY May 2011: "Antique Tasmanian Maireener Shell Aboriginal Necklace"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TdTyARsV2lGFDqQ3Y-btpK5wgwCtkim6TCTrmuceuDK6_-o6_6UjN8G3xWUQgJKm25EPiHXIY5Mp3zNETra17gnDHWZqs1P1w6Z8Rs7T2J1WlJEPJ3d_3Lzz8pGi0k0K3PBCZWAB6uVh/s1600/MAIREENERS.392.2011.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TdTyARsV2lGFDqQ3Y-btpK5wgwCtkim6TCTrmuceuDK6_-o6_6UjN8G3xWUQgJKm25EPiHXIY5Mp3zNETra17gnDHWZqs1P1w6Z8Rs7T2J1WlJEPJ3d_3Lzz8pGi0k0K3PBCZWAB6uVh/s400/MAIREENERS.392.2011.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606364347913900514" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SELLER'S DESCRIPTION:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Item N0. 380338511035</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">"Antique 1900s Tasmanian Maireener Shell <span style="font-size:180%;">Aboriginal</span> Necklace Purple<br /><br />This wonderful Guaranteed Antique 1900s Tasmanian Maireener Shell <span style="font-size:180%;">Aboriginal</span> Necklace in the rare Purple Iridescent colour is a brilliant example of such shell necklaces. The shells are a wonderful lustrous iridescent purple colour and are in exquisite condition with only a very few missing their points. The shells are well strung on a fine purple silk string and measure 42 cm <span style="font-style: italic;">(overall 168 cm if a single line)</span>.<br /><br />Unfortunately my pictures do not capture the beautiful iridescent glow of these shells. I am loathe to sell this piece but believe it should be in the hands of a real collector for its colour rarity and age.<br /><br />Please study the array of photos as they are part of the description and ?show the wonderful condition, patina and character better than I can ?explain. Measures: 42 cm long (quadrupled) and 188 cm (single line), shell size approximately 1cm Weight: 35 grams."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SELLER'S DESCRIPTION:</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Item N0. 380338515166</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Antique 1850s Tasmanian Maireener Shell </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Aboriginal</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Necklace Green</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This wonderful Guaranteed Antique 1850s Tasmanian Maireener Shell <span style="font-size:180%;">Aboriginal </span>Necklace in the rare Green Mauve Iridescent colour is a brilliant example of such shell necklaces. The shells are the finest and smallest shells I have seen in these type of necklaces and are a wonderful lustrous iridescent green and mauve colour and are in exquisite condition with none missing their points. The shells are well strung on a fine white silk string and measure 62 cm </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">(overall 122cm if a single line)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Unfortunately my pictures do not capture the beautiful iridescent glow of these shells. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I am loathe to sell this piece but believe it should be in the hands of a real collector for its colour rarity and age. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please study the array of photos as they are part of the description and ?show the wonderful condition, patina and character better than I can ?explain. Measures: 87 cm long </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">(doubled)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> and 174 cm </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">(single line) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">shell size approximately 0.3 - 0.5cm Weight: 10 grams"</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;">The seller has <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">not </span></span>provided, or offered to provide, any evidence that these necklaces are of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tasmanian Aboriginal cultural production</span>. Without such evidence these necklaces cannot be automatically assumed to be</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Aboriginal"<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;">as claimed in the description.<br /><br />Sellers who claim </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Aboriginality"</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;">for these necklaces seem to be attempting to cash in on the premium contemporary Tasmanian Aboriginal makers are winning for their necklaces. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If they are indeed Aboriginal cultural products there needs to be evidence/provenance to support the claim.<br /><br />So buyers looking for Aboriginal cultural production should beware. For more information go to:</span><br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><b>Website # 1:</b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> <a href="http://tasmanianshellnecklaceresearch.blogspot.com/">http://tasmanianshellnecklaceresearch.blogspot.com/</a></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><b>Website # 2:</b></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://qvmagstrunghistories.blogspot.com/">http://qvmagstrunghistories.blogspot.com/</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><b>Website # 3:</b></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://truganininecklaces.blogspot.com/">http://truganininecklaces.blogspot.com/</a></span></span></li></ul><p align="CENTER"> </p><p><br /></p><br /></div></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-88230155952166053312010-06-21T20:34:00.000-07:002010-06-21T20:54:57.448-07:00eBAY Find – June 2010 USA - maireener shells<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7nVjfHkS6bFfBKS-VOJvkHSErBGoIYj31CH13zmOp91JJsoZsyYkUkhj10G310gpg44QfD3gLZ3jdnbGxmJAabtZkO7ditE14R17ki-xBP2e-2DtdsIgTf6p7qlqQ0GQ2ZSP9CojkY7bQ/s1600/NF_California.3.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7nVjfHkS6bFfBKS-VOJvkHSErBGoIYj31CH13zmOp91JJsoZsyYkUkhj10G310gpg44QfD3gLZ3jdnbGxmJAabtZkO7ditE14R17ki-xBP2e-2DtdsIgTf6p7qlqQ0GQ2ZSP9CojkY7bQ/s400/NF_California.3.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485436961789825298" border="0" /></a>SELLER'S NOTES:<br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">#2_</span> Vintage Tasmanian <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Maireener</span> Shell Lei Necklace Iridescent Pink</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">This is a beautiful vintage Tasmanian <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Maireener</span> Shell lei necklace. The shells are strung on thread. I do not know if these shells were dyed </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[almost certainly they have been] </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">or not, but they awesome shades of iridescent pink and blue green colors ... </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">It is in excellent condition and I do not see any broken or missing shells. It measures approximately 34 inches long from end to end <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">... SOLD FOR: US $152.49 = Approx.AU $175.32</span></span></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">#3 _Vintage</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> Tasmanian <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Maireener</span> Shell Lei Necklace Iridescent White</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">This is a beautiful vintage Tasmanian <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Maireener</span> Shell lei necklace. The shells are strung on thread. I do not know if these shells were dyed or not, </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[unlikely to have been]</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">but they awesome shades of iridescent blue green colors ... </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">It is in excellent condition and I do not see any broken or missing shells. It measures approximately 34 inches long from end to end.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">... SOLD FOR: US $149.99 Approx. AU $172.44</span></span></div></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">#1 _ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SOLD FOR: US $247.50 Approx. AU $284.55</span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">The most interesting thing about this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">eBAY</span> sale is that these <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">maireener</span></span> shell necklaces were described as they were ... <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"Vintage Tasmanian <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Maireener</span> Shell Lei Necklace </span>" ... They seem to have come to the seller's <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">possession</span> via West Coast USA sources and it is possible that one way or another the Hawaiian links have been subliminally made.<br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-63012899062415827052010-06-21T18:09:00.000-07:002011-05-14T17:33:11.306-07:00Authentic Vintage Hawaiian Niihau Shell Lei Necklace<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fGVpcOY6zZBiwAOWqNY1WsCJ2G9RHYMp9x4-YoQtd5vZIIegFIy5TbFBw7EANgkQSVima0i_0BKpVAG2Khpo7rF2FGGWHwbW-RMwGC7oQRmrk5ZLjQv025FYmtlr5CFi81Q6sad9SB50/s1600/SNfileJ22.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 345px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fGVpcOY6zZBiwAOWqNY1WsCJ2G9RHYMp9x4-YoQtd5vZIIegFIy5TbFBw7EANgkQSVima0i_0BKpVAG2Khpo7rF2FGGWHwbW-RMwGC7oQRmrk5ZLjQv025FYmtlr5CFi81Q6sad9SB50/s400/SNfileJ22.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485401356918246322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">SELLER'S NOTE: </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Authentic Vintage Hawaiian <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Niihau</span> Shell 4 Strand Lei Necklace</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">"This is a beautiful vintage authentic Hawaiian <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Niihau</span> Shell four strand lei necklace from the island of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Niihau</span>. From what I have read, it is made from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Mitrella</span> Margarita shells and has a clasp that is made out of two shells that are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Cypraea</span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Staphylaea</span>) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">granulata</span> granulate, Common Name: Granulated <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Cowry</span>, Hawaiian Name: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Poloholoho'ãpu'upu'u</span> and the two shells where all 4 strands are tied together are Common Name: Depressed/Variegated Sundial, Hawaiian Name: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Kauno'o</span> ... There is an old brass sewing snap for the actual closure hook. This snap was glued to the back of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Cowry</span> shells and works perfectly. One of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Cowry</span> shells has a spot that has worn through and shows the natural pink shade of the shell (see photo). This is not a chip; it was worn by the ocean ... It is in excellent condition and I do not see any broken or missing shells. It measures approximately 26 inches long from end to end.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">I am listing a beautiful collection of shell leis and necklaces. Some are very rare hard to find extinct shells. If you’re a shell or shell jewelry collector, this is an awesome opportunity to add to your collection. Good luck and Happy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Ebaying</span>!"</span><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">•••<br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It seems that Tasmanian <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">maireener</span> s</span>hell necklaces that found their way to Honolulu via the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'M M </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Martin'</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span>enterpris<span style="font-style: italic;">e – and perhaps via other makers/suppliers as well – </span>became part of the Hawaiian tourist trade market for 'lei' and possibly even used <span style="font-weight: bold;">by Hawaiians as lei</span>. This lei seems as if it may be a good example of what they were intended to mimic. </span><br /></div></div></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-56371382248530695082010-06-07T18:30:00.000-07:002011-05-14T17:35:16.277-07:00eBAY FIND: SHONKY PRODUCT<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBVju2fWLaAHBXG4kq6ykAQTo-sO6SdG7AbTQyBPcTpSDeGV9QLyERU17hp_SUyhGGbwaXzF0qPspQdNecHMQsRXDMQ4yvzE7l7DwjY4srHngH5UNXOGws35YtiVBac4QLWMnZsSq7sZJ/s1600/eBAY_FAKE.maireener.1.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBVju2fWLaAHBXG4kq6ykAQTo-sO6SdG7AbTQyBPcTpSDeGV9QLyERU17hp_SUyhGGbwaXzF0qPspQdNecHMQsRXDMQ4yvzE7l7DwjY4srHngH5UNXOGws35YtiVBac4QLWMnZsSq7sZJ/s400/eBAY_FAKE.maireener.1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480195210448986434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1SeFiJ4GDNVSDUwoksDdS8CldL_5vg3F_C2X88iVhPzU2ZNX9j6YHbeWYVS6okHsECKSIiXEo-uXqY1rLukjyrVmYuWxgjfpd1yxhK2zasxW7nmo3gv8GJG8bu0d3h9wYMD5d1z9iMS5/s1600/eBAY_FAKEmaireener.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1SeFiJ4GDNVSDUwoksDdS8CldL_5vg3F_C2X88iVhPzU2ZNX9j6YHbeWYVS6okHsECKSIiXEo-uXqY1rLukjyrVmYuWxgjfpd1yxhK2zasxW7nmo3gv8GJG8bu0d3h9wYMD5d1z9iMS5/s400/eBAY_FAKEmaireener.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480194838856623538" border="0" /></a>This <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">eBAY</span></span> find is at once disturbing and reassuring. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Disturbing,</span> in the sense that the seller here has no discrimination and is willing to do anything to attract attention to a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">shonky</span></span> product. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Reassuring,</span> in so much as pulling all the key word tricks here has failed to win the level of bidding <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">real <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">maireener</span> </span>shells attract <span style="font-style: italic;">– on other <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">occasions</span> like shells have failed to win a bid at all</span>. Clearly, the buyers of these necklaces know what they are looking at and what it is they are looking for. Other sellers could do well to learn from this failed entry.<br /><br />These shells keep turning up and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">nobody</span> seems to have worked out just where they are from. The Philippines is the best candidate thus far. They are tropical and not from Tasmanian waters. Tasmanian Aboriginal <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">maireener</span></span> </span>makers would feel insulted to have this work attributed to them as they take great care about the collection and preparation of their shells. While it is possible that they may have dyed their shells at some time there is no evidence of it – <span style="font-style: italic;">anecdotal, circumstantial or concrete</span>.<br /><br />Also, the seller dated this necklace at <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">1860/70</span> and there is a fundamental problem with this it would seem. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">It is very likely that this necklace was dyed with aniline</span> dyes but these dyes were not invented until the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">1890s</span>. Arriving at a date of manufacture for an object often relies upon intuition but here invention ans aspiration seems to have been the main factors informing the intuition. If you <span style="font-weight: bold;">do not</span> know, then it is usually better to say so.<br /><br />If this seller had done some research<span style="font-style: italic;"> (any research?) </span>this description could not have been used and the Internet makes this research very easy to do – <span style="font-style: italic;">simply Google<span style="font-weight: bold;"> '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">maireener</span></span>'</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;">necklace to start.</span><br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-19288510902420889682010-06-07T03:59:00.000-07:002010-06-13T19:43:18.694-07:00Found on eBAY: USA - maireener shells<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHx30TRz2ocgGw5xQmMTdRogl620zZ-svRW9IJ7poiqPp0vKAFUp4Jwq7C6ulYoSnguq5_1JT7edp_c7tasdLeaA6dYLR00yvKHTycCd7YuV8hnCCmpeKGUTFakDgMN9_4LvJfxTuxybrV/s1600/EBAY_JUNE2010_LA.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHx30TRz2ocgGw5xQmMTdRogl620zZ-svRW9IJ7poiqPp0vKAFUp4Jwq7C6ulYoSnguq5_1JT7edp_c7tasdLeaA6dYLR00yvKHTycCd7YuV8hnCCmpeKGUTFakDgMN9_4LvJfxTuxybrV/s400/EBAY_JUNE2010_LA.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479985656666795890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Ended: 14 June, 2010 – 10:13:24 AEST – 14 bids</span><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> Winning bid:US $292.00 – AU $343.85<br /></div> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSSfIZYzWRaCNWJszoWeH8jg68lm5N7mwZV5bP5Z3YFUIFHIS98aOOCaZtZi05vfyD4tc8HSONZ2gS-hMqzFxOsKjH1ccg2ZsqdDqZAW5h40pB1EdQsia7X6nkcZapTYvJlQCRV5yeGIf/s1600/eBAY_LA.june.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSSfIZYzWRaCNWJszoWeH8jg68lm5N7mwZV5bP5Z3YFUIFHIS98aOOCaZtZi05vfyD4tc8HSONZ2gS-hMqzFxOsKjH1ccg2ZsqdDqZAW5h40pB1EdQsia7X6nkcZapTYvJlQCRV5yeGIf/s400/eBAY_LA.june.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479985664523189890" border="0" /></a>This necklace is typical of the necklaces that have ambiguous authenticity and circumstantially becoming less likely to be made by a Tasmanian Aboriginal maker. Here again there is the use of <span style="font-style: italic;">'maireener'</span> as an <span style="font-style: italic;">e</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">BAY key word </span>to bring these necklaces to the attention to eBAY buyers who are now paying more attention to them. This necklace seems to be of natural colour and at the same time of a colour type that it seems was sometimes dyed.<br /><br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-53409876606716096912010-05-30T18:09:00.000-07:002010-06-07T04:21:29.968-07:00eBAY Find – May 2010 UK - maireener shells<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE1qDrepXCGClF_ZiOmji6SPgVEaeUJ2ocYxV1Uv8AD1sqtxw5JvWbpKvcS_LOi7hLq87cIq-4bx19EVCA19FV5ykKWjO6WpYy3LcQL5wttg3rSmwbjSAjZROBxaI1CubO3c0frSCDn9j-/s1600/eBAY.UK_cumbria.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE1qDrepXCGClF_ZiOmji6SPgVEaeUJ2ocYxV1Uv8AD1sqtxw5JvWbpKvcS_LOi7hLq87cIq-4bx19EVCA19FV5ykKWjO6WpYy3LcQL5wttg3rSmwbjSAjZROBxaI1CubO3c0frSCDn9j-/s400/eBAY.UK_cumbria.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477235718982690914" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">SOLD: 4Bids Winning bid: £170.00 Approx AU $298.14</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHf5z0P60qKysPHsOIi57WSCjXB_lqHrRjBB5G6Bg07s0SH_Wj_YRwcllOoGMgmkfQoCJrYFTSI7SxBjEkXSA-pIn3-uo-g68rtY4GhwMi0B8lqD3aTMkzRL4FG44ANypshw1p1VYXcbpq/s1600/eBAY.UK_cumbria.2.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHf5z0P60qKysPHsOIi57WSCjXB_lqHrRjBB5G6Bg07s0SH_Wj_YRwcllOoGMgmkfQoCJrYFTSI7SxBjEkXSA-pIn3-uo-g68rtY4GhwMi0B8lqD3aTMkzRL4FG44ANypshw1p1VYXcbpq/s400/eBAY.UK_cumbria.2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477235726154302930" border="0" /></a>Clearly this necklace has been dyed and in most other respects bears the hallmarks of a commercially produced <a href="http://tasmanianshellnecklaceresearch.blogspot.com/2009/12/found-on-ebay-maireener-shell-necklace.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'Hobart Necklace'</span>.</a> The presence of a clasp reinforces this but it is hard to tell from the photographs if this thread is still dyed as it seem s that these necklaces were dyed after stringing. Almost all the circumstantial evidence points to this necklace being a <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hobart Necklace</span> and it being quite <span style="font-weight: bold;">unlikely</span> for it to have had a Tasmanian Aboriginal maker as is suggested here.<br /><br />Typically all these necklaces were assumed to be <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Tasmanian Aboriginal Shell Necklaces" </span>but now the evidence suggests that where there is no provenance to verify Aboriginal authenticity it is unsafe to assume Aboriginal authenticity albeit that it is made from Tasmanian <a href="http://tasmanianshellnecklaceresearch.blogspot.com/2009/09/tasmanian-necklace-shells-aboriginal.html"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">maireener</span></a> shells.<br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-82090859657125193992010-05-25T19:00:00.000-07:002010-05-30T19:19:12.252-07:00eBAY Find – May 2010 USA - non-maireener<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6vYXg9YokMjKmp63GCfvm2MVpNgwNOKxZ6evGWaJvlJ9AAGO8DGXoc5XSJQLC7P-HcUkdizZkW6XsOBQx734JPwAeG3AYxqOowAcVBKZKk-fPZuFArQOq1BlENiivyCbnJywx_EIWiKx/s1600/eBAY_PINKnon.maireener.1.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6vYXg9YokMjKmp63GCfvm2MVpNgwNOKxZ6evGWaJvlJ9AAGO8DGXoc5XSJQLC7P-HcUkdizZkW6XsOBQx734JPwAeG3AYxqOowAcVBKZKk-fPZuFArQOq1BlENiivyCbnJywx_EIWiKx/s400/eBAY_PINKnon.maireener.1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475394314061620162" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">SOLD:</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> US $66.00 – </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Approx. AU $77.86</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> – </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >6 BIDS</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwxk3MXQcPj0zd1RjdbCXQ3sRADyyKkBTk1PefHhWvGwne_Jb_SIi_kCu-TwBZQJEe8GJnPTaq5Ct8Ti2lY5izjsVna_wHMBwwFD9Y1bUu1MhgTyHNedzkH1ih24DHn-bMYiExRZgEEAA/s1600/eBAY.PINKnon.maireener.2.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwxk3MXQcPj0zd1RjdbCXQ3sRADyyKkBTk1PefHhWvGwne_Jb_SIi_kCu-TwBZQJEe8GJnPTaq5Ct8Ti2lY5izjsVna_wHMBwwFD9Y1bUu1MhgTyHNedzkH1ih24DHn-bMYiExRZgEEAA/s400/eBAY.PINKnon.maireener.2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475394325529904482" border="0" /></a>This entry is interesting in respect to it being evidence of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_aboriginal">Tasmanian Aboriginal</a>/<a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawa_kani"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">palawa</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">kani</span></span> </a> word <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">maireener</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">" </span>being used as an <span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">e</span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">BAY</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> key word</span> to attract buyers of iridescent/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">pearlescent</span> shell necklaces. Here there is no claim that these shells are from Tasmania as has been the case in the past. Neither does the seller claim Aboriginal cultural production as some have.<br /></div><br />Clearly, these shells have been dyed as some Tasmanian <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">maireener</span> </span>shells necklaces made as a part of the colonial commercial production were. Indeed this necklaces production may well have been a part of the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'international trade' </span>Hobart Necklaces were. It seems that many of the Tasmanian necklaces turned up in Hawaii and transmogrified into <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">lei </span> to satisfy the tourist trade's demand for <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">shell lei </span>– <span style="font-style: italic;">Hawaiian souvenirs cum cultural trophies</span>. Something similar may be the case here.<br /><br />The source of these necklaces using these shells is unclear but The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Philippines</span> is a prime candidate. Certainly these shells do not originate in Tasmanian waters.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">NETWORK NOTE:</span> These shells turn up frequently, and probably belong to the Trochidae mollusc family found anywhere in the Indo-Pacific – <span style="font-style: italic;">the ubiquitous "pearled trochus" shells that show up all over ebay</span>. While they are most probably dyed albeit that some shell nacre can be naturally coloured – <span style="font-style: italic;">eg Tasmanian maireeners, the NZ paua shell and others</span>. The difficulty in identifying these shells exactly is because all the exterior identifying characteristics have been stripped away. Numerous species of trochus shells have this same size and shape.<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">KC & LT</span></span><br /></div></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-90211937734056292882010-05-23T20:35:00.000-07:002010-05-26T17:16:26.936-07:00eBAY Find – May 2010 Canada - maireener<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXu7YIJk2Ce63jatXWG1g09eMDRMjGxHq0GcUE5T1Xy2QGmTlX3KrlvEPdeA_hZYyqR8sL3NIYrOhVJAP7RaRWowF7TGMcBfjvpgxYMBEY1QtWC-hawTnKMPtPsJ75ga7rHWeaUmr0zKO/s1600/eBAY.SOLD.alberta.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 111px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXu7YIJk2Ce63jatXWG1g09eMDRMjGxHq0GcUE5T1Xy2QGmTlX3KrlvEPdeA_hZYyqR8sL3NIYrOhVJAP7RaRWowF7TGMcBfjvpgxYMBEY1QtWC-hawTnKMPtPsJ75ga7rHWeaUmr0zKO/s400/eBAY.SOLD.alberta.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475736461582766658" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-7xylcYYBNw2hPAsOMYB0wzG-MK85X5MgQJj5B8kqnDFTAIHTqpG29IMglOI5NJqHBV8dsikR3CvfeYtP1xkqWWtuoNJIVSrOB0sxRFPUEnqlNIzEx207zk8188z4uM1URhL45IYnC2k/s1600/eBAY.alberta.CANADA.2.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-7xylcYYBNw2hPAsOMYB0wzG-MK85X5MgQJj5B8kqnDFTAIHTqpG29IMglOI5NJqHBV8dsikR3CvfeYtP1xkqWWtuoNJIVSrOB0sxRFPUEnqlNIzEx207zk8188z4uM1URhL45IYnC2k/s400/eBAY.alberta.CANADA.2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474676190364773938" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopLfV4eJwGTaUPgJ77pUsypivlXH4AKhPleVNvsrPxRBIKArVGiNzxbOen9SzCgOK56ncz16fyT-0-HI9R1uekuNj1u99odxzrXnrGy6SIRCWN3emTr62B7JzOwibqxi2wtxS4wroQMLe/s1600/eBAY.albertaCANADA.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopLfV4eJwGTaUPgJ77pUsypivlXH4AKhPleVNvsrPxRBIKArVGiNzxbOen9SzCgOK56ncz16fyT-0-HI9R1uekuNj1u99odxzrXnrGy6SIRCWN3emTr62B7JzOwibqxi2wtxS4wroQMLe/s400/eBAY.albertaCANADA.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474676199825254450" border="0" /></a>This necklace is 1.8 metres long and one of the longer versions of this class of necklace. These shells appear to be naturally coloured <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">iridescent</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">maireener</span></span> shell necklaces. It is a typical exemplar of the necklaces that are increasingly appearing on the international <span style="font-style: italic;">– Australia, USA & UK – </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">'antique' </span>market. Most seem to turning up on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">eBAY</span> and found via the Key Word "<span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">maireener</span></span>".<br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-52480286101045869722010-05-22T18:56:00.001-07:002010-05-27T17:23:49.415-07:00eBAY Find – May 2010 UK–maireener<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqDZAMfx_D24fGY2JXxkzrhiI6QILR7kKD2__RKfLS5QGWL8ia50_H3AOmIY2RRzHtvKMJSKEXlb7IJeW45ewfuIgrHZBecZUIufpydL1E30sAKjdtCd6-zEBYX5JCmHN34gWeTyTS5RE/s1600/eBAY.sold.southhampten.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 104px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqDZAMfx_D24fGY2JXxkzrhiI6QILR7kKD2__RKfLS5QGWL8ia50_H3AOmIY2RRzHtvKMJSKEXlb7IJeW45ewfuIgrHZBecZUIufpydL1E30sAKjdtCd6-zEBYX5JCmHN34gWeTyTS5RE/s400/eBAY.sold.southhampten.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476109940171555730" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuNxyFAi-tPP6LpRlYidOyQJyGcGYzs8JN_nacksjAJk0o1WHkpNZr-AhXK4Fmhsfof_4ViSq_Nu1Qy6FmKnhvgpD-FAGLENoAg2kJrmC30Lv8XOP1SvOkLzxp6SgI4pMAndroaD8MFKcK/s1600/eBAY_maireener.UK.2305gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuNxyFAi-tPP6LpRlYidOyQJyGcGYzs8JN_nacksjAJk0o1WHkpNZr-AhXK4Fmhsfof_4ViSq_Nu1Qy6FmKnhvgpD-FAGLENoAg2kJrmC30Lv8XOP1SvOkLzxp6SgI4pMAndroaD8MFKcK/s400/eBAY_maireener.UK.2305gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474279120260844866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9YLCbWkpAaS1kAwzHZ92wW5snCGAf3sfAg8iEDBV45UQs5za7EXdpEYUW-GVofjlKeCzFCYvlgwoMFl9p39bfgOA_FyNS0XU-b1iRv_NPe7HiTj7eFcc-fluwGZ8ihKUz0I8E6ycC3bE/s1600/eBAY.maireener.UK2305.2.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9YLCbWkpAaS1kAwzHZ92wW5snCGAf3sfAg8iEDBV45UQs5za7EXdpEYUW-GVofjlKeCzFCYvlgwoMFl9p39bfgOA_FyNS0XU-b1iRv_NPe7HiTj7eFcc-fluwGZ8ihKUz0I8E6ycC3bE/s400/eBAY.maireener.UK2305.2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474279131392699234" border="0" /></a>There seems to be no evidence of dyes being used on this necklace to enhance the colour and/or iridescence of the shells. The fact that it has a clasp suggests that it is the product of commercial production or more likely to be so than it may be Aboriginal production. However, there are many ways it may have gained this clasp that does not preclude it from being of Aboriginal origin in Tasmania.<br /><br />Circumstantially, the fact that this necklace turns up in the UK, and that it is short, and that it's clasp is of the kind that it is, all this in turn tends to suggest that it was commercially produced and exported to the UK sometime between the turn of the turn of the 20th C and WW2. An examination of the string may well enable a more specific dating.<br /><br />Whatever, the necklace is an exemplar of the<span style="font-weight: bold;"> ambiguous</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">maireener </span>shell necklaces turning up on the international antique market.<br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-83002978464041591852010-05-18T21:17:00.000-07:002010-05-23T21:28:35.901-07:00Call For Shell Identification – maireeners??<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fVqKhb0JHqJRKzzh1agESOfyabNf772BL37PLEwUvtV6fuaJa80c_93cviwWBtUfVFeKTdw-zZI51wgy951PIa3Yvvwo77bj2NN-cn0fQcJiql7z8CIofOfgmLYiUy8q6yuyePuFGmwS/s1600/SD_P1020075.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fVqKhb0JHqJRKzzh1agESOfyabNf772BL37PLEwUvtV6fuaJa80c_93cviwWBtUfVFeKTdw-zZI51wgy951PIa3Yvvwo77bj2NN-cn0fQcJiql7z8CIofOfgmLYiUy8q6yuyePuFGmwS/s400/SD_P1020075.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472778151393152530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div>The image above was sent in to the network in search of identification "<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">of a shell necklace I have acquired- it is very long and worn lariat style ... there is a close up of the shells - the necklace is made up of hundreds of these shells ... I have been told they are [Tasmanian] </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">maireener</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> shells ... would you be able to confirm this at all</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">... SD_P1020075</span> "<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Clearly the owner here has been mislead and these shells <span style="font-weight: bold;">ARE NOT </span>remotely like any of the shells now being marketed on eBAY or anywhere else as <span style="font-style: italic;">'<a href="http://tasmanianshellnecklaceresearch.blogspot.com/2009/09/tasmanian-necklace-shells-aboriginal.html">Tasmanian maireener shells</a>'</span>. However it has been noted that <span style="font-style: italic;"> 'maireener' </span>is being used to describe a range of <span style="font-weight: bold;">small </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">iridescent</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> shells</span> –<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">not always from Tasmania if at all </span></span>– used to make necklaces. The shells that do qualify for being called <span style="font-style: italic;">maireener</span> shells are identified here – <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://tasmanianshellnecklaceresearch.blogspot.com/2009/09/tasmanian-necklace-shells-aboriginal.html">click here</a>. Given that these shells are not Tasmanian – <span style="font-style: italic;">and even unlikely to be Australian </span>– <span style="font-weight: bold;">we are not </span>in a position to say what they actually are but there are network members who may be able to.<br /><br />It is most important to remember that<span style="font-style: italic;"> maireener </span>shells are only <span style="font-weight: bold;">iridescent</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>if they have been cleaned – <span style="font-style: italic;">had their outer coating removed either chemically or physically</span>.<br /><br />If the owner bought these shells because they were <span style="font-style: italic;">maireeners </span>shells, or even Tasmanian <span style="font-style: italic;">maireener</span> shell, or worse still Tasmanian <span style="font-style: italic;">maireener</span> shells in a Tasmanian Aboriginal made necklace they have been mislead. The word<span style="font-style: italic;"> 'maireener'</span> has become <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"the key word" </span>for the necklaces that are recorded on this site.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It has been noted that </span><span style="font-style: italic;">'<span style="font-weight: bold;">maireener'</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> has often been misused as a key word by eBAY sellers!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Well here is the information requested:</span> "These are a prosobranch <span style="font-style: italic;">(gilled) </span>landsnail. The Family is Helicinidae. Exact species is difficult to pin – <span style="font-style: italic;">they look alot alike </span>– but likely genera are Helicina, Sulfurina, or Orobophana. There are many species in the West Indies and tropical Asia, including islands in the Pacific ... one species has been identified in Texas, USA. On eBay, sometimes they are listed as <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'pikake' </span>shells, which possibly is not accurate, either. Several <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Hawaiian" </span>necklaces contain these shells. Sometimes they are coated with a pearlized-looking paint to make them appear iridescent, but they do not contain any mother of pearl and are therefore incapable of being truly iridescent. They are kind of cute and string nicely." ... <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">the knowledge bank grows</span>.<br /></div></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-56470995241048589082010-05-16T18:57:00.000-07:002010-05-23T21:29:32.372-07:00eBAY Find – April 2010 UK - maireener shells<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieGymWR3HEzDLQESxDShypFbuUA52RU4EaCz8h0LbPz6xibw1AIB-9dwzwGyE7LXXqJh55DpjhB4N82lv2H4vaLum3U3weBa9gr6XE5RHKN8C20tDgMVbohMLkgmLq7Q7SLxZDXx93fAS/s1600/eBAY.maireener.UKblue.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieGymWR3HEzDLQESxDShypFbuUA52RU4EaCz8h0LbPz6xibw1AIB-9dwzwGyE7LXXqJh55DpjhB4N82lv2H4vaLum3U3weBa9gr6XE5RHKN8C20tDgMVbohMLkgmLq7Q7SLxZDXx93fAS/s400/eBAY.maireener.UKblue.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472060144467757442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2UwGnaDrs__jwbCFFTqaNqJSfANodAXgyse70vXlIAixUrtgsf-pdiQH34ZhyphenhyphenH-GKnivAqldrxJ4lkpZUCss5rrk2o05AZBCD6JNLcNbsq-YMlRHmZhUIHX6DpPV_rS3yUuLCHP-0IN_/s1600/eBAY_UKblueMAY.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2UwGnaDrs__jwbCFFTqaNqJSfANodAXgyse70vXlIAixUrtgsf-pdiQH34ZhyphenhyphenH-GKnivAqldrxJ4lkpZUCss5rrk2o05AZBCD6JNLcNbsq-YMlRHmZhUIHX6DpPV_rS3yUuLCHP-0IN_/s400/eBAY_UKblueMAY.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472060134851607954" border="0" /></a>These two necklaces turning up as they have together, and in the condition they seem to be in, offers an insight into the Tasmanian shell necklace trade. Given that to date an oral history that suggests Tasmanian Aboriginal makers regularly, or even at all, dyed their shell necklaces has not emerged in turn this indicated that these necklaces may well be commercially produced <span style="font-weight: bold;">'Hobart Necklaces'</span>. Accepting that circumstantially these necklaces are indeed late 19<span style="font-size:85%;">th</span> or 20<span style="font-size:85%;">th</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">'Hobart Necklaces' </span>there are some interesting observations to be made.<br /><br />The first being that looking at the examples of <a href="http://tasmanianshellnecklaceresearch.blogspot.com/2009/10/found-in-tasmania-bertie-may-necklaces.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'Bertie May Necklaces'</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span>the evidence here seems to point to his necklaces being more intensely, and less subtly, dyed than these necklaces. Given that May was known to be operating in Hobart Late 1940s >> 1960s in Hobart this tends to suggest that these necklace <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">pre</span>-date WW2.<br /><br />Given <a href="http://themawlereport.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Earnest <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Mawle's</span> report</span></a> on the shell necklace trade in Tasmania and the dying of <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">maireener</span> </span>shells this tends to date these necklace before WW2. Also, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Mawle</span> talks about the disparate quality in shells harvested for <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">'the trade' </span>and likewise given the evidence for this in regard to the shells turning up in the UK & USA it seems that there may well have been an incentive dye shell with less colourful <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">iridescence</span>. The shells here have clearly been dyed and similarly they may well have been from made using less colourful, whiter , shells <span style="font-style: italic;">– as likely as not 'harvested' on the Tasman </span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Peninsular</span>.<br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-78696564744276678822010-05-15T22:55:00.000-07:002010-05-23T21:31:36.480-07:00eBAY Find – May 2010 UK- maireener shells<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguiLRJh4HGtFyuSfI_XoWUwrcyRpYPV4KwiZ34DUkWhyFugeACjwuCOYbuazTvdawHUfryHiUjwdI3_ZJzyhmfS0sXfiZCBah0LDu1TcyZ9TR_NJZVIn-9VvKppWH6AEUXTa7EyRMRHxBD/s1600/eBAY.yellowMAIREENER.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguiLRJh4HGtFyuSfI_XoWUwrcyRpYPV4KwiZ34DUkWhyFugeACjwuCOYbuazTvdawHUfryHiUjwdI3_ZJzyhmfS0sXfiZCBah0LDu1TcyZ9TR_NJZVIn-9VvKppWH6AEUXTa7EyRMRHxBD/s400/eBAY.yellowMAIREENER.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471743279148177634" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVcPApcak-BcFDPjGF8floAkMPSt5zBbvA7KSjZqf89wXW73FTnD_XDCFA_Iwze2gjSfyQReUFvdFMbT_ZzUGWR69Ja3Kxagyer0YctCB_ytS5dsZE2DbRPdVayFj4RmWonUX_ImNdVoi/s1600/eBAY.maireener.YELLOW.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVcPApcak-BcFDPjGF8floAkMPSt5zBbvA7KSjZqf89wXW73FTnD_XDCFA_Iwze2gjSfyQReUFvdFMbT_ZzUGWR69Ja3Kxagyer0YctCB_ytS5dsZE2DbRPdVayFj4RmWonUX_ImNdVoi/s400/eBAY.maireener.YELLOW.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471743271845820530" border="0" /></a>These shells appear to have been dyed which in turn suggests that they are a part of the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'Hobart Necklace'</span> story. Thus far with the dyed – <span style="font-style: italic;">apparently dyed? </span>– shells discovered online the quality of the dye process seems to vary considerably. The sure fire method of determining whether or not a necklace has be dyed is that threading will also be dyed.<br /><br />That is not the case with <span style="font-weight: bold;">"broken necklace"</span> here but that is hardly surprising given that these necklaces are likely to have been restrung many times. The <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://themawlereport.blogspot.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mawle</span> Report</a> refers to these necklaces being dyed in some cases. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Mawle</span> also talks about the variety of quality in shells <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">which</span> in turn suggests that those with <span style="font-style: italic;">'less </span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">disable</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> colouration' </span>were dyed.<br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-23178626776981881252010-05-14T23:24:00.000-07:002010-05-21T18:38:00.969-07:00eBAY Find – May 2010 USA - maireener shells<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAT89-RjcUMNq_HVss8YLcJ0ystJG0H2sDzQzczb7_ak8R94u6zHKJGTzL9zNd821m0uqUUUUbxap7n3H90u4OQnM2IRy2ecOjcyPunRASfaovcEFdkNcXW87tqEwTeU5nKiDer6x9es0m/s1600/eBAYmaireener_ohio.USA.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAT89-RjcUMNq_HVss8YLcJ0ystJG0H2sDzQzczb7_ak8R94u6zHKJGTzL9zNd821m0uqUUUUbxap7n3H90u4OQnM2IRy2ecOjcyPunRASfaovcEFdkNcXW87tqEwTeU5nKiDer6x9es0m/s400/eBAYmaireener_ohio.USA.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471379299443858754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJGy1adN-9hOp7n72ieWrUnnBYOlWAeyxjjRqwKXXkem4MVvGSr4lZnWfC6wEzaU2hs_a63C2Vz2CKwIFVlgbZNlUJQjYm-z4SWBtL7euCSHiWlcTYFtpA-SzXv9muwLEu0V6TaVXZLVv/s1600/eBAY.sold.UK.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJGy1adN-9hOp7n72ieWrUnnBYOlWAeyxjjRqwKXXkem4MVvGSr4lZnWfC6wEzaU2hs_a63C2Vz2CKwIFVlgbZNlUJQjYm-z4SWBtL7euCSHiWlcTYFtpA-SzXv9muwLEu0V6TaVXZLVv/s400/eBAY.sold.UK.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473900694950904866" border="0" /></a><br /></div>This necklace is honestly described! Clearly the shells are <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">maireener</span></span> shells and circumstantial evidence for the necklace originating in Tasmania is convincing. The seller does not mention that this necklace may well be dyed or even may not be aware that some such necklaces were dyed with aniline dyes <span style="font-style: italic;">– this one appears as if it may have been to enhance its colouration</span>.<br /><br />It is clearly an example of the necklaces now known to be of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ambiguous</span> authenticity and as likely as not a 20<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">th</span> C exemplar – <span style="font-style: italic;">early to 1930s </span>– of a Hobart Necklace. Given that this necklace is now in the USA it may well have found its way there via Hawaii.<br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-12123355805618291592010-05-14T21:57:00.000-07:002010-05-23T14:12:56.572-07:00eBAY Find – May 2010 UK- maireener shells<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-gFkchiOK0p9-zyUvNd-07M_V4NxNoekCsY8JmB8Um5h4KmzS3uyy6i8ISbTPFtoSeEAMUSJ11Cv4witfg6Kjfy0ezv_Hvf4uMaylq4a2ITM4eF4Y86MkOKDgSoY7NKG1JchqOTb-SMb/s1600/eBAY_Bmouth_SOLD.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-gFkchiOK0p9-zyUvNd-07M_V4NxNoekCsY8JmB8Um5h4KmzS3uyy6i8ISbTPFtoSeEAMUSJ11Cv4witfg6Kjfy0ezv_Hvf4uMaylq4a2ITM4eF4Y86MkOKDgSoY7NKG1JchqOTb-SMb/s400/eBAY_Bmouth_SOLD.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474576312230093858" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpHHUCxGbVHjmBwF2UvsjhLNmfLyCTGbvDOa03smo478ojp07eyvxwr_59TyuiCEQ6c7BipXTuHcVGvhyphenhyphensKnWWjw5UF07MUzq1_0ALhqScal4ZePjsIkL4-MJGwUM2jzdf3QVXbb7DaK4/s1600/eBAY_UK.Bmoth.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpHHUCxGbVHjmBwF2UvsjhLNmfLyCTGbvDOa03smo478ojp07eyvxwr_59TyuiCEQ6c7BipXTuHcVGvhyphenhyphensKnWWjw5UF07MUzq1_0ALhqScal4ZePjsIkL4-MJGwUM2jzdf3QVXbb7DaK4/s400/eBAY_UK.Bmoth.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471357143262689890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiishkfWlmorLWZyYDRND4snpNYZenSWozJePduH8jdEYEaulkC43hpRDV2_JmodfeV8T8w4EsHrAJaJBQD5qf3_uyq45bfBhCo7T1f3RcoTo7w3CjWdObmrsa6PtS2AGruOmvT1W1bAHi/s1600/eBAY_Bmouth.UK2.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiishkfWlmorLWZyYDRND4snpNYZenSWozJePduH8jdEYEaulkC43hpRDV2_JmodfeV8T8w4EsHrAJaJBQD5qf3_uyq45bfBhCo7T1f3RcoTo7w3CjWdObmrsa6PtS2AGruOmvT1W1bAHi/s400/eBAY_Bmouth.UK2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471357134139982162" border="0" /></a>This is an interesting necklace from a couple of perspectives. Firstly, it is typical of the ambiguous necklaces described as <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hobart Necklaces</span> and it almost equally could have made on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Furneax</span> Islands by Tasmanian Aboriginal women. It is clearly <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Tasmaniana</span> </span>but given that so many of these necklaces are now appearing on the market the veracity of the claims of Aboriginal authenticity is open to challenge.<br /><br />Many of these necklaces were dyed with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">aniline</span> dyes and the older examples seemed to have been dyed more subtly/cleverly than those that have turned up and made <span style="font-weight: bold;">post WW2</span>. This necklace could well be an example of the older dyed Hobart Necklaces reported on by <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://themawlereport.blogspot.com/">E. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Mawle</span> in 1918</a>. It would be necessary to do a physical chemical test to verify that this necklace had been dyed.<br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-90194509796677639412010-05-08T21:51:00.000-07:002010-05-15T00:14:17.341-07:00eMAIL Alert: maireener shell necklace collection via eBAY & Western Australia<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoCwEaHtZtxhwa_7q0nUvPgSwIIOJLyKDliB44YyFuNK4Xqt6mWVwHgC00Zi1TO9SaVbSNg91QMP-uisNPZABr9Grz2lBGB54tLn4Ow2DA6r-IaHzoZoJP0lSTP3Dm4DUO8POR2heWXu_/s1600/maireeners_JW.1.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoCwEaHtZtxhwa_7q0nUvPgSwIIOJLyKDliB44YyFuNK4Xqt6mWVwHgC00Zi1TO9SaVbSNg91QMP-uisNPZABr9Grz2lBGB54tLn4Ow2DA6r-IaHzoZoJP0lSTP3Dm4DUO8POR2heWXu_/s400/maireeners_JW.1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469130210048712658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTn5v3hrmgxUU2ToUBs2MgiHCBOQxCKN3sUN4vPX5m8m-xZ6tH6rajHdtWJhZEAL9bIcXcToBTwlNi_rzgnXC2AFuoBExr41anEi4ms-tq2cM5097zXBfc9wCaihOuAEVUcNPKh7iJkg41/s1600/maireeners_JW.2.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTn5v3hrmgxUU2ToUBs2MgiHCBOQxCKN3sUN4vPX5m8m-xZ6tH6rajHdtWJhZEAL9bIcXcToBTwlNi_rzgnXC2AFuoBExr41anEi4ms-tq2cM5097zXBfc9wCaihOuAEVUcNPKh7iJkg41/s400/maireeners_JW.2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469130220822041970" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVzbWhIBEnA8OzP-mP5JOGhNlxh5Jjb6GpNrmzTrWBwcA75kGQzM45xDlBRHyrzemTaFXoQkoU7xoBoFhe2IxRLVqMHDqcBj8cx9ahs8RV7MgJIB7JTR1NvS1HN8F7l0LaZCyR0o81nP3/s1600/maireeners_JW.3.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVzbWhIBEnA8OzP-mP5JOGhNlxh5Jjb6GpNrmzTrWBwcA75kGQzM45xDlBRHyrzemTaFXoQkoU7xoBoFhe2IxRLVqMHDqcBj8cx9ahs8RV7MgJIB7JTR1NvS1HN8F7l0LaZCyR0o81nP3/s400/maireeners_JW.3.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469130229897465218" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Fe5DLm7Ii5vA27JTcIfyf8kZabQTn8ScaAdp03CQ8g_iQAT5TewTslsWxRn29z7wdn5obW6sFqBXMZmmG23fQR_99uCDkGrwqO58GJw5FvmBk0rip9_LCr5NgSxEgfaMUqLpSmUga_Wi/s1600/maireeners_JW.4.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Fe5DLm7Ii5vA27JTcIfyf8kZabQTn8ScaAdp03CQ8g_iQAT5TewTslsWxRn29z7wdn5obW6sFqBXMZmmG23fQR_99uCDkGrwqO58GJw5FvmBk0rip9_LCr5NgSxEgfaMUqLpSmUga_Wi/s400/maireeners_JW.4.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469130239502841666" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH52pbR-4PYVOX_EbIV-FPsiCzmuOL9kOQ0izmYuUhziR8o5RWb_KS4apjJPj9scEwF-bJ4o7fMlfG3efwpKcf5W_JdmIYp3LE_icSRhEeMbjuVsu3LgzDf-NIsAW0BJqM91gEWHODFdG-/s1600/maireeners_JW.5.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH52pbR-4PYVOX_EbIV-FPsiCzmuOL9kOQ0izmYuUhziR8o5RWb_KS4apjJPj9scEwF-bJ4o7fMlfG3efwpKcf5W_JdmIYp3LE_icSRhEeMbjuVsu3LgzDf-NIsAW0BJqM91gEWHODFdG-/s400/maireeners_JW.5.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469130244691763426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAG58uVVdKmKIZk-KXMEKvNZKKHwgWirGTii-Dd8tSDw6ta1T89kcCx2SzliZPAdQrVbhhH9VFytL9wMBg3ZM5OcvNm8H3lp0eB1dcQ5JTaTrJTSircbdZ-qTD5jpohBWMIj0pB9MJtlHK/s1600/maireeners_JW.6.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAG58uVVdKmKIZk-KXMEKvNZKKHwgWirGTii-Dd8tSDw6ta1T89kcCx2SzliZPAdQrVbhhH9VFytL9wMBg3ZM5OcvNm8H3lp0eB1dcQ5JTaTrJTSircbdZ-qTD5jpohBWMIj0pB9MJtlHK/s400/maireeners_JW.6.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469131442922043522" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">JW</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">6710,</span> the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">eBAYER</span> here, brings some special knowledge to this collection, namely qualifications and experience as a jewellery designer. The fact that she operates from an out of the way place says something about contemporary cultural production and the unlikely places <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">eBAY</span> reaches.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">JW</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">6710 </span>has supplied these images of a sample of her collection not only as a demonstration of what can be found on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">eBAY</span> but also the diversity of <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">maireener</span></span> shell necklaces. From all accounts these necklace come 'provenance free' and one assumes these items come to light via clearance sales, estate auctions and the like. Apparently they are kind of things that hang around in bottom drawers as memoirs of the past and far too precious to throw away <span style="font-style: italic;">– albeit that very often they are sold for very little</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">NECKLACE # 6:</span> The circumstantial evidence is that all of these shell necklaces are <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">quintessentially</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Tasmaniana</span> but their <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'cultural context'</span> is nonetheless ambiguous. All but <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">#6 </span>are typical of the <span style="font-style: italic;">maireener </span>necklaces turning up that bear all the hallmarks of being <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'Hobart Necklaces'</span>. The <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">#6 </span> necklace is somewhat curious in that it is made using juvenile shells which in turn would mean that the effort in stringing is considerably more than <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">'the typical</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Hobart Necklaces'</span>.<br /><br />Extrapolated from this are the facts that given that commercially harvested shells were <a href="http://themawlereport.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">paid for by the quart</span></a> they may well have been less attractive to harvest. Also, given the additional number of shells in a necklace they would be more time consuming to string. If payment for stringing was paid by the piece these necklaces may have been more expensive. <a href="http://themawlereport.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Earnest Mawle's report</span></a> 1918 makes no mention of the use of juvenile shells – <span style="font-style: italic;">this does not by necessity discount their use in Hobart Necklaces however</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA6BcZUnOENoEWRdaWJ2_Oxb5Zkd9cuibjaevCfdQF0vrcLSMqlmCK4H9Ss1krIY37MXQHMWpbNCCoQU8Z2Pde7yfKkRZd035gOSNGM8x0ZYnZyqZWBCyxv0oNc-pfaiWRGrPLYeiTuGy/s1600/WONDERLAND_350.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA6BcZUnOENoEWRdaWJ2_Oxb5Zkd9cuibjaevCfdQF0vrcLSMqlmCK4H9Ss1krIY37MXQHMWpbNCCoQU8Z2Pde7yfKkRZd035gOSNGM8x0ZYnZyqZWBCyxv0oNc-pfaiWRGrPLYeiTuGy/s200/WONDERLAND_350.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469210292782798258" border="0" /></a>In Launceston in the 1940s/50s <span style="font-style: italic;">maireener</span> necklaces made with juvenile shells were available and circumstantially it seems that these necklaces were sourced in the Bass Strait Furneax Islands rather than Hobart – <span style="font-style: italic;">and say the Bertie May operation</span>. Albeit speculative, there is a first hand reports of necklaces made with juvenile shells being purchased at Wonderland Brisbane St. Launceston 1940s and circumstantially these necklaces are most likely to be of Aboriginal production on the Furneax Islands.<br /><br />Thank you <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">JW</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">6710 </span><span>for sharing a part of your collection!</span><br /><br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-8887110856605158042010-05-07T01:29:00.000-07:002010-05-15T00:15:22.941-07:00eMAIL Alert: maireener shell necklace via eBAY & Western Australia<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSj91jUhBGn-AhsDazRWIS8M0TlMLLwFTCdoyu6X0Gm1R93I2V0R7IaR6BMG_MluT8ASXydiOYBAB46MMsOgwC2Ec4iekktPUcaaizcAqQp7ME8UWa_9fCLdz5POq2qs8Om5MHLRzb6obg/s1600/maireener_jw.nz.WA.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSj91jUhBGn-AhsDazRWIS8M0TlMLLwFTCdoyu6X0Gm1R93I2V0R7IaR6BMG_MluT8ASXydiOYBAB46MMsOgwC2Ec4iekktPUcaaizcAqQp7ME8UWa_9fCLdz5POq2qs8Om5MHLRzb6obg/s400/maireener_jw.nz.WA.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468442857177542674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span><br /></span></div><br />This necklace was bought via eBAY, from USA and it came with with no history or provenance. The owner trades on eBAY, lives in Western Australia and has inquired of some eBAY sellers who have said that "<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">the GIs coming back from the islands WW2, bought back all sorts of shell necklaces with them</span>."<br /><br />The owner – <span style="font-style: italic;">a professional jeweller and collector of maireener shell necklaces </span>– says that this necklace is dyed and that would make it consistent with the <a href="http://tasmanianshellnecklaceresearch.blogspot.com/2009/08/m-m-martin-shell-necklace-enterprise.html">Mary Martin Necklaces circa 1900 to 1920s</a>. Also, it may well be consistent with the necklaces that were exported to Hawaii from Tasmania around the turn of the 20th Century by the Martins.<br /><br />This necklace may also have been made in Honolulu at the Martin's operation there using shells imported from Tasmania and local labour. The shells are clearly Tasmanian and given the paucity of concrete information and the growing number of options, the necklace is the quinessentual exemplar of the ambiguous <span style="font-style: italic;">maireener</span> shell necklace. Here, Tasmanian Aboriginal production seems highly unlikely however.<br /><br />Later necklaces were dyed but it seems that with the '<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">older examples' </span>the dying was more subtle than with those <span style="font-weight: bold;">made post WW2 in Tasmania</span>. This example would appear to be older than <span style="font-weight: bold;">post WW2 </span>necklaces.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">If </span>this stringing is<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">'original'</span> </span>it is consistent with the kind of way some Hawaiian shell lei are strung and it may have been produced by the Martin family either in Hobart or Honolulu for the Hawaiian market.<br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-62714344457685735382010-05-06T00:18:00.000-07:002010-05-15T00:16:15.565-07:00eBAY Find – May 2010 UK<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6YB1KRI3jdCEKKYRHJH-obnlqiRzhmaZGAhBdvq-BT77EoNUvtFKC99riV_pv1YU9WpWWNfYtdBSR9sv1xVW58ZgvHUlTsWRkgmyTnoY0L9LKRJWa31iBdmz0uW84lJGfqvV8TY_cAsFG/s1600/eBAYmaireener_UKhampshire.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6YB1KRI3jdCEKKYRHJH-obnlqiRzhmaZGAhBdvq-BT77EoNUvtFKC99riV_pv1YU9WpWWNfYtdBSR9sv1xVW58ZgvHUlTsWRkgmyTnoY0L9LKRJWa31iBdmz0uW84lJGfqvV8TY_cAsFG/s400/eBAYmaireener_UKhampshire.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468053417242851906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">NOTE:</span> This seller seems to be alert to the discourse relative to the the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">eBAY</span> Key Words used to alert buyers to this class of necklace. Notably the necklace's <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'cultural </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ambiguity</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'</span> is acknowledged and <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Aboriginal" </span>does not appear in the description.<br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-71190365129392702722010-05-05T22:10:00.000-07:002010-05-15T00:18:05.799-07:00Found in Ottawa – Ambiguous Authenticity - maireener shells<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAd1rF6XDCKKHg9QFoth9Cz9ZtAaiODUAUSv0m0au61nCC9c3luDFQfVvLuxamrYr4qKRPEOY10FXzRQ6l7MCRA94HNO2BbvdOti86DVMph0s3TNJXMe05rIXApYlWwGl3GaHXkGLFuMWA/s1600/maireener_000%5B1%5D.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAd1rF6XDCKKHg9QFoth9Cz9ZtAaiODUAUSv0m0au61nCC9c3luDFQfVvLuxamrYr4qKRPEOY10FXzRQ6l7MCRA94HNO2BbvdOti86DVMph0s3TNJXMe05rIXApYlWwGl3GaHXkGLFuMWA/s400/maireener_000%5B1%5D.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468020804981052242" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQyyF5AcJ7WUpAUMOhLLKowbSwWPHsXkBO0U_B77XngJjcWjldUvR4kC-YADZA1I3q6kpEyttuoZweXWO2PxmN6y7hjSO7rjtowyyeqlZ9X7dkeQwSA5vb9CG0cFRO4QpBeTJtcADrKHLz/s1600/maireener_000%5B1%5Db.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQyyF5AcJ7WUpAUMOhLLKowbSwWPHsXkBO0U_B77XngJjcWjldUvR4kC-YADZA1I3q6kpEyttuoZweXWO2PxmN6y7hjSO7rjtowyyeqlZ9X7dkeQwSA5vb9CG0cFRO4QpBeTJtcADrKHLz/s400/maireener_000%5B1%5Db.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468020816017897218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">PROVENANCE INFORMATION:</span> "<span style="font-style: italic;">As for this necklace - I rescued it from a bag of jewellery selling for </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">$5</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> at a flea market this past weekend. This is the first shell necklace I've ever owned and it simply called out to me because if its vibrant colours ... The necklace is strung on what appears to be green cotton </span><span style="font-style: italic;">(two strands)</span><span style="font-style: italic;">. There is no clasp. The shells are </span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">pierced</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> with holes at the top for the thread to go through ... It measures 28 inches ... The shells are quite large - measuring on average between 8 to 10mm ... From what I've read it seems these might be on the larger size - but I'm really not sure .. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">The colour is shimmering and iridescent. I can't tell if the shells are dyed or not ... Several shells have damage - and some flaking and a few chipped off "end bits" </span>..." <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Pers</span>. com _ AV Ottawa-6510</span></span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Note:</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">This necklace is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">unlikely</span> to have been dyed as it presents with strong colour and it seems that those of pale colour were the ones that were typically dyed. <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Pre</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">WW2</span> it may have been the Martin family who dyed their shells and it seems they, or some other maker of that era, achieved a subtle result</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">. </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Bertie May seemed to be the primary 'marketer/manufacturer' <span style="font-weight: bold;">post WW2</span> and the evidence seems to point to his colouration being somewhat more brash</span>. </span>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-57879028346881362522010-05-05T21:43:00.000-07:002010-05-15T00:19:53.701-07:00HOBART NECKLACES – Ambiguous Authenticity - maireener shells<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmUyQt6SzK4N_RC1Z0JXkaNZp_XpJfVnsrJwz6PTVJv9BRGKdv-Qml9xQ7d6908AssVKhfruojfIywXOxhxab0GdT8G5bO7uVbBVAX5bc4ZvfODb2S5TzvxgZ8B5kb5ahW7sQvAXvrRUM/s1600/maireener_LT.RM_martinTMAG.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmUyQt6SzK4N_RC1Z0JXkaNZp_XpJfVnsrJwz6PTVJv9BRGKdv-Qml9xQ7d6908AssVKhfruojfIywXOxhxab0GdT8G5bO7uVbBVAX5bc4ZvfODb2S5TzvxgZ8B5kb5ahW7sQvAXvrRUM/s400/maireener_LT.RM_martinTMAG.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468013611890607602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">PROVENANCE INFORMATION: </span>There are two necklaces here and they are both in a private collection – <span style="font-style: italic;">one is broken, one is complete</span>. They were <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">purchased</span> from a jeweller’s shop in Criterion Street in Hobart about 20 years ago. They are possibly/probably two of the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">‘wholesale’ </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://tasmanianshellnecklaceresearch.blogspot.com/2009/08/m-m-martin-shell-necklace-enterprise.html">Martin necklaces</a>. The strings are at least 100 years old ... <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_Museum_and_Art_Gallery"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Source <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">TMAG</span> Hobart</span></a> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Pers</span> Com ... </span>The shells are almost certainly juvenile <span style="font-style: italic;">maireeners (Rainbow Kelp shells)</span> Phasianotrochus <span style="font-style: italic;">irisodontes</span> and typical of the shells coming to light in the USA and UK ... <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /><br />NOTE: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">In the family of the owner of these necklaces there are two more necklaces where there is strong circumstantial evidence that in turn lends strong circumstantial provenance to <span style="font-weight: bold;">those necklaces </span>– not these – being of Tasmanian Aboriginal cultural production – NW Tasmania. </span> <!--EndFragment--></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-91144097674599052982010-05-03T20:51:00.001-07:002010-05-22T00:39:16.493-07:00Found on eBAY: Seed & Shell Necklaces – South Aust.<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79yj9_J8iApQU0w46VHoYNP28HgoP4qcXb13a6Q2YOLRSAvBxA-LKCry5UIeTR14Y_NryZdpbpKJD1pP7w-6idi8SjpBwVdijhccViKsv2gVl_ccChi2kz6CwuWWxaQzhcW3OmEcH5g4Z/s1600/eBAY_seedSHELL.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79yj9_J8iApQU0w46VHoYNP28HgoP4qcXb13a6Q2YOLRSAvBxA-LKCry5UIeTR14Y_NryZdpbpKJD1pP7w-6idi8SjpBwVdijhccViKsv2gVl_ccChi2kz6CwuWWxaQzhcW3OmEcH5g4Z/s400/eBAY_seedSHELL.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467258798696758594" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEJPko8j9SIfjz3rdS0aZZxMrvpZWpL8xmBWgYijyuL2Ug4eANvSjAjs-1lKvyL14qcBI4OILqvnbRFh4pH-kauMz2H0cH_MFrxswqKOy4Klw-SzofOTse4RX9MmRlyVM9sBnSfR34ze-/s1600/eBAY_sold.SA.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 342px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEJPko8j9SIfjz3rdS0aZZxMrvpZWpL8xmBWgYijyuL2Ug4eANvSjAjs-1lKvyL14qcBI4OILqvnbRFh4pH-kauMz2H0cH_MFrxswqKOy4Klw-SzofOTse4RX9MmRlyVM9sBnSfR34ze-/s400/eBAY_sold.SA.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473909687067472258" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="http://myworld.ebay.com.au/fromj2u/"><b><span class="mbg-nw">fromj2u</span></b></a><br /></div>These 2 necklaces are interesting in respect to the ambiguity that surrounds them and that they are submerged within. There is now clear evidence available that shows these so called "<a href="http://tasmanianappleseedresearch.blogspot.com/2009/03/progress-report-2.html">Tasmanian Apple Seed Necklaces</a>" and other objects made from these seeds are in fact made from <a href="http://tasmanianappleseedresearch.blogspot.com/2009/03/identifying-ipil-seeds.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ipil</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ipil</span> seeds</a> and in almost all cases, made in The Philippines and <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOT Tasmania.</span> Clearly the seller here was unsure and was relying upon the understanding prevailing in Tasmania until recently and they were questioning that understanding by including <span style="font-weight: bold;">?marks</span> in the keyword description.<br /><br />The shell necklace is something else. It is unlikely to be Tasmanian but it will be possible to identify the shells and locate their areas of distribution. If it turns out that they are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Tasmainan</span> this necklace may provide a clue to the dimension and nature of commercial shell jewellery production in Tasmania late 19<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">th</span></span> C until the mid 20<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">th</span></span> C. There is every likelihood that it is an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">aberration</span>. Again. the seller <span style="font-weight: bold;">was not </span>attempting to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">deceive</span> and was questioning their interpretation with a <span style="font-weight: bold;">?mark.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">These necklaces were purchased by the network 1<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">st</span></span> time around. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The sale was cancelled and the items were<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">relisted with a better outcome for the seller<br />the 2<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">nd</span></span> time around<br /></span></span></div></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-48662867183849715412010-04-28T19:26:00.000-07:002010-05-15T00:22:14.830-07:00Found on eBAY: Shell Necklace – UK<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9Lgds-yRBPH_MiDj0t0_rtL2qzjl8GW0oIRUkNTz9dgwbkaizmbXbO7McvsRMFnGJtH2WFIOj7MpSGOWKhaMm533iS2TUBgXQ423KF-Gzt_3u8Z2EVyb9KkcW4fA_mmYcs6lmdErBIdt/s1600/eBAY_UK.wrongen.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9Lgds-yRBPH_MiDj0t0_rtL2qzjl8GW0oIRUkNTz9dgwbkaizmbXbO7McvsRMFnGJtH2WFIOj7MpSGOWKhaMm533iS2TUBgXQ423KF-Gzt_3u8Z2EVyb9KkcW4fA_mmYcs6lmdErBIdt/s400/eBAY_UK.wrongen.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465380611760819906" border="0" /></a>This necklace is not as described albeit that the seller seems to have chosen the language they've used rather carefully. They have used "<span style="font-weight: bold;">key words </span>– <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Aboriginal & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">maireener</span></span>" to attract attention to their entry. These key words seem to have won considerable currency in the past 12 to 18 moths on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">eBAY</span>. So it is worth doing some unpicking.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">maireener</span> </span>is a <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tasmanian Aboriginal <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawa_kani"><span style="font-style: italic;">(<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">palawa</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">kani</span>) </span></a>word </span>that in its contemporary context means a group of shells <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'rainbow kelp shells'</span> – <a href="http://tasmanianshellnecklaceresearch.blogspot.com/2009/09/tasmanian-necklace-shells-aboriginal.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Phasianotrochus</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">irisodontes</span></span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Phasianotrochus</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">eximius</span></span></a> <a href="http://www.elrincondelmalacologo.com/Web%20fotos%20gasteropodos%20marinos%202/Fotos%20coleccion/Trochidae/Phasianotrochus%20apicinus.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Phasianotrochus</span> </a><a href="http://www.elrincondelmalacologo.com/Web%20fotos%20gasteropodos%20marinos%202/Fotos%20coleccion/Trochidae/Phasianotrochus%20apicinus.jpg"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">apicinus</span></span></a><a href="http://www.elrincondelmalacologo.com/Web%20fotos%20gasteropodos%20marinos%202/Fotos%20coleccion/Trochidae/Phasianotrochus%20apicinus.jpg"> </a>– used and prized by Tasmanian Aboriginal shell <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">necklacemakers</span>. As an <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">eBAY</span> key word</span> it is increasingly used euphemistically by sellers to describe almost any small iridescent/opalescent in a shell necklace. This '<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">eBAY</span> euphemism' </span>becomes deceptive and is arguably used to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'attract'</span> buyers looking for a particular aesthetic. On <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">eBAY</span> the word has clearly entered the lexicon and has become a powerful, <span style="font-weight: bold;">and ambiguous,</span> key word – <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">buyers beware</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Aboriginal</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">(first; original; indigenous; primitive; native) </span>is an interesting <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">eBAY</span> key word. It may be claimed as a <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'global' </span>word carrying the meanings that it does with the subtext<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> 'exotic and other.'</span> In an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">eBAY</span> key word context, "Aboriginal" typical refers generically to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal">'Australian Aboriginal'</a> </span>and in relation to shell necklaces it evokes <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_aboriginal">'Tasmanian Aboriginal'</a> </span>. The word <span style="font-weight: bold;">"aboriginal" </span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">lower case spelling</span>) is ambiguous and <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Aboriginal" </span>has become the convention to denote Australian Aboriginal. Nonetheless, as an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">eBAY</span> key word it is ambiguous and often used that way by sellers looking to attract buyers with a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">particular</span> sensibility. Interestingly when doing so, and deceptively, they turn these buyers off!<br /><br />This <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">eBAY</span> entry is an example of the key words being used as <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">euphemistic</span> baits for buyers looking for the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'exotic and other'.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Is the wording deceptive, naive, ill-informed and deliberate?</span> It is an open question! Let's say all of the above but in different ways at different times and in different contexts.<br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">GOOGLE KEY WORDS:</span> eBAY, 120561637648, Aboriginal, Tasmania, Tasmanian, shell necklace, Ilkley, United Kingdom, vintage, antique, maireener, pearlescent, </span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> iridescent, opalescent, rainbow kelp shell, deceptive. </span></span></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-715815955552314642010-04-26T22:39:00.000-07:002010-05-15T00:23:22.417-07:00Found on eBAY: Shell Necklaces – Adelaide Aus<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9buaOZtF1NzV_0T88fx_74YN8g3Vs90nAjUZxZf-kX3mxLuLfeFTwbtiSDxzj5tqUpQ-9DLMUdaqqUxAE4ZfrhkQmO8ChPz5zA9tGyLKJTMByTIQUYok2PhHwnImseOY3StjcGs37ZOpJ/s1600/eBAY_maireener.ADELAIDE.4.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9buaOZtF1NzV_0T88fx_74YN8g3Vs90nAjUZxZf-kX3mxLuLfeFTwbtiSDxzj5tqUpQ-9DLMUdaqqUxAE4ZfrhkQmO8ChPz5zA9tGyLKJTMByTIQUYok2PhHwnImseOY3StjcGs37ZOpJ/s400/eBAY_maireener.ADELAIDE.4.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464686362361030978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Winning Bid: AU $175.50 </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic;">13Bids</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">eBAY#: 260591976842</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZlyM0CyWwJ_vdOAlCC1k7OM4HKWnM9Q2qIrq3Nh9TDRHF-K7swmHbbiyAGsJzHfKAztUhcnAXrMTbRKEjkcHstlhQHiN0juABZpsKiRQS9MKsimx00I57aZ7fm-ki8qPVAKBLp9ucGkX/s1600/eBAY_maireener.ADELAIDE.5.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZlyM0CyWwJ_vdOAlCC1k7OM4HKWnM9Q2qIrq3Nh9TDRHF-K7swmHbbiyAGsJzHfKAztUhcnAXrMTbRKEjkcHstlhQHiN0juABZpsKiRQS9MKsimx00I57aZ7fm-ki8qPVAKBLp9ucGkX/s400/eBAY_maireener.ADELAIDE.5.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464686371144737170" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1RBXkqwZ7JsR6jMhXaGQqj7k0kxwgzgVo1jX_I5JIgyAbXcBgG00Hf5TYRYwDsqrwLK-O3G2io5Ggjoy_TG9p01xsxcSYE1eFsp4NRyFEoY79_MOUbXgqRmRG8sRS98_JKhrb01SMZX2/s1600/eBAY_maireener.ADELAIDE.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1RBXkqwZ7JsR6jMhXaGQqj7k0kxwgzgVo1jX_I5JIgyAbXcBgG00Hf5TYRYwDsqrwLK-O3G2io5Ggjoy_TG9p01xsxcSYE1eFsp4NRyFEoY79_MOUbXgqRmRG8sRS98_JKhrb01SMZX2/s400/eBAY_maireener.ADELAIDE.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464656399623494770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Winning Bid AU$233.50 </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic;">29Bids</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span> <br />eBAY #: 260591981036</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_gpc4yf2wNFyBzl2W5SlLkiDlJDqwOMrWhFVvjqOg8zPgI5hPjFcaVmJvPH7jjxRIGcqv6_Gp5Nq1SQjfk5pGxIjm4jnM5_Ie9k6jX6SWKdgkB5JdnPQgAvB_wk9X-1OI-HaDHeNRths/s1600/eBAY_maireenrr.ADELADE.2.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_gpc4yf2wNFyBzl2W5SlLkiDlJDqwOMrWhFVvjqOg8zPgI5hPjFcaVmJvPH7jjxRIGcqv6_Gp5Nq1SQjfk5pGxIjm4jnM5_Ie9k6jX6SWKdgkB5JdnPQgAvB_wk9X-1OI-HaDHeNRths/s400/eBAY_maireenrr.ADELADE.2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464656406303191922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnaLz8XL9c6qdYYU9mxhxkOduXHkGthQlY90vCFn-ApZR_W4tLtRJoEzLM62cwwdHIGPQQmqr3AYRLarWIYZKfPm94LMuRofiPxngV5cj06uunOldA55pPNlKHWi3kIQsvR3dSZel9IuX/s1600/eBAY_maireener.ADELADE3b.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnaLz8XL9c6qdYYU9mxhxkOduXHkGthQlY90vCFn-ApZR_W4tLtRJoEzLM62cwwdHIGPQQmqr3AYRLarWIYZKfPm94LMuRofiPxngV5cj06uunOldA55pPNlKHWi3kIQsvR3dSZel9IuX/s400/eBAY_maireener.ADELADE3b.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465013369078258546" border="0" /></a>These three listings on eBAY are more interesting together than individually. Looking at the use of the<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>word<span style="font-style: italic;"> "maireener" </span>first it seems to be used to invoke '<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Aboriginality' </span></span>but it also seems to have entered the lexicon with the implied meaning <span style="font-style: italic;">'small irridecent shell for necklace making'</span>.<br /></div><br />There is little doubt the true <span style="font-style: italic;">maireener</span> shells did indeed come from Tasmania given that these shells were harvested commercially in Tasmania in the later part of the 19th C up until approx 1960. It is now known that this was not part of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people's cultural production at that time <span style="font-style: italic;">– albeit that they did make shell necklace mimicked by the commercial producers harvesting these shells</span>.<br /><br />The likelihood of any of these necklaces being made by a Tasmanian Aboriginal maker is very slim. The necklace described a being made of "natural" shell – <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">eBAY #: 260591981036</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </span>– may predate the one <span style="font-weight: bold;">described </span>as being dyed – <span style="font-style: italic;">this necklace appears to have been dyed also albit more subtly</span>. The former could POSSIBLY have been made by the Martin family's Hobart/Honolulu operation anytime up until circa 1930s. The dyed necklace may have been made by the Bertie May operation in Hobart 1940s >>1960s – <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">eBAY</span>#: 260591976842</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Both could be described as classic Hobart Necklaces. </span><br /><br />The necklace with glass beads is quite unlikely to have been of Tasmanian origin EXCEPT in the case that it was made in Tasmania from <span style="font-weight: bold;">imported materials </span>and it is known that tropical shells were being imported into Tasmania for the purposes of "shell craft" around the turn of the 20<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> C – <span style="font-style: italic;">the shells appear to be tropical</span>. Likewise it is highly unlikely that Aboriginal makers had anything to do with this necklace.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Therefore the authenticity of these necklaces must be regarded as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">being</span> quite ambiguous.</span><br /></div></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985088962093643872.post-52374993334085010332010-04-26T00:02:00.000-07:002010-05-15T00:25:13.427-07:00Dyed maireener Necklace<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QmezyyfysF0C8CtZK8N4ReVYmX8KEoo9JeRu8PmLGfXuXAC2T7p_wd9-isz2yE7G4aSjq7lZNYt0kT-ZcdGCwfJKYXt8kkht9YdUmO5Bpab3II0VGEpsA5nFTtkTchAGVNJZ_XPtVorU/s1600/eBAY_pinkTASshells.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QmezyyfysF0C8CtZK8N4ReVYmX8KEoo9JeRu8PmLGfXuXAC2T7p_wd9-isz2yE7G4aSjq7lZNYt0kT-ZcdGCwfJKYXt8kkht9YdUmO5Bpab3II0VGEpsA5nFTtkTchAGVNJZ_XPtVorU/s400/eBAY_pinkTASshells.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464360359802110242" border="0" /></a>This necklace is entirely as described and no claims were made for that could not be substaniated. There are two obvious options for its origin. The first being the Hobart souvenir trader <a href="http://tasmanianshellnecklaceresearch.blogspot.com/2009/10/found-in-tasmania-bertie-may-necklaces.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bertie May</span></a> who is known to have produced dyed necklaces such as this. He was active 1940s>>1960. The other option being a maker linked to the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://tasmanianshellnecklaceresearch.blogspot.com/2009/09/call-for-information-tasmanian-shell.html">Martin family </a>who started producing shell necklaces in Hobart in 1875 and were known tom be trading in 1927.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://themawlereport.blogspot.com/">Earnest <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mawle's</span> Report of 1918</a> is a key reference that contextualises to some extent the <span style="font-style: italic;">'industry' </span>that produced Hobart Necklaces. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Mawle's</span> report refers to the dying of shells. There is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">beginning</span> to be increasing evidence that Bertie May's production may be able to be distinguished from the dyed shell necklaces of producers/marketers like the Martins.<br /><br />May's dyeing seems to be more intense in its colouration while necklaces that seem to be older than his are less intense and somewhat more subtle. There is no evidence that Tasmanian Aboriginal makers dyed their shells but it cannot be dismissed out of hand. On the balance of probability, this example seems to be older than May's production and more likely to be of non-Aboriginal production than Tasmanian Aboriginal.<br /><br />Like all such necklaces there is quite a bit of ambiguity about this example. </div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0