SAMPLES FROM A TASMAINAN COLLECTION: Apple or Ipil Seeds?

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Necklaces from a Tasmanian collection and notably all were collected in Tasmania. Along with other necklaces containing seeds understood as being “apple seeds” these examples have come to be understood in Tasmania by collectors in a class of their own and typically described as ‘Apple Seed Craft'.

NOTE: Interesting, like objects are similarly understood in the USA and seeds in some of these items have been identified as ipil seeds rather than 'apple seeds'. While, these items are beginning to turn up elsewhere – other than in Tasmania – they seem to be quite (very?) rare.