Jeanette James combed remote Tassie beaches as a child, collecting tiny iridescent maireener shells with her family. Decades later she celebrates the importance of this ancient cultural practice. “My ...

When it comes to summer jewelry trends, shell necklaces aren’t exactly a novel concept. But now, more than ever, they feel unexpectedly modern and undeniably delightful. Whether in the form of an ...

People living on the Israeli coast 120,000 years ago strung ocher-painted seashells on flax string, according to a recent study in which archaeologists examined microscopic traces of wear inside ...

Shell-stringing is the cultural practice of collecting, preparing and stringing shells to make necklaces and bracelets. This knowledge is passed from mothers and grandmothers to their daughters and ...