Kanalaritja - An Unbroken String: Honouring the Tradition of Tasmanian Aboriginal Shell Stringing

Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, 2016. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Exhibition Publication. 220mm x 245mm. Shell-stringing is one of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community's most culturally significant and closely-guarded traditions. kanalaritja: An Unbroken String features a variety of beautiful, delicate and rare shell necklaces, created by Tasmanian Aboriginal ancestors in the 1800s, and acclaimed makers of today, as well as a new wave of stringers who had the opportunity to learn the tradition through the luna tunapri (women's knowledge) cultural revitalisation project. The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery has worked with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Community since 2010 to facilitate several luna tunapri workshops in which women in the community who had not had shell stringing passed down through their families, were guided through the intricate processes of collecting, cleaning and stringing. The women were encouraged to look in their local areas for shell collecting beaches and to use the knowledge shared with them to develop their own distinctive shell stringing styles and new traditions. Light wear to covers. Internally clean. Binding good. 112pp The women who participated in the luna tunapri project aspired to share their journey with the wider public, leading to the creation of kanalaritja: An Unbroken String. This exhibition is a culmination of the journey of cultural renewal, whilst also celebrating the generations of makers who have sustained this uniquely Tasmanian Aboriginal cultural practice. .