Found On The Internet – Tasmanian Authenticity

The question of AUTHENTICITY arises when you see things like this. Yes the shells are:

• maireener, Rainbow Kelp, Phasianotrochus irisodontes, shells – one may not be but it is obscured by other shells;
• a mixture of juvenile and more mature shells;
• most probably from Tasmanian waters;
• natural shells found in Tasmanian waters – BUT these are dyed in many/most instances;
• used by Aboriginal necklace makers in Tasmania – BUT dying in this way is NOT typical of Tasmanian Aboriginal shell necklace making practice, if at all;
• typical of the shells found in necklaces thought to have been made by Bertie May or even M M Martin – both non-Aboriginal makers Martins, 1875 to 1930s?, Bertie May, late 1940s - 1960s?.

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