tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32742033559290381822023-11-16T22:09:58.283+11:00Tasmanian Apple Seed ResearchA network of collectors and others researching Tasmanian cultural production and the histories linked to it. Apple seed craft objects are currently a focus for the network.The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-86161600937467466672010-06-07T17:21:00.005+10:002010-06-14T13:02:12.496+10:00Found on eBAY: NOT apple seed, NOT Tasmanian, NOT made by a Tasmanian Aboriginal maker.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTej14YmLFB33C9OT69v_FllswlcnSeg2sqwb3uaMRkXVDPg04kTFiz6giPEC8N4UTjWURooDxxSp2-KVA3WWdtDH0ALfPY-_j4u4WyEmHkSDMWqOlv6igIu-T-vb6ubX6OKcRrrasQrE/s1600/eBAY_wyverIPIL.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTej14YmLFB33C9OT69v_FllswlcnSeg2sqwb3uaMRkXVDPg04kTFiz6giPEC8N4UTjWURooDxxSp2-KVA3WWdtDH0ALfPY-_j4u4WyEmHkSDMWqOlv6igIu-T-vb6ubX6OKcRrrasQrE/s400/eBAY_wyverIPIL.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479929138763651762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">SOLD: 13 Jun, 2010 – 21:07:04 AEST<br />2 Bids – Winning bid: AU $27.00</span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Click on the image to enlarge</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">This entry on eBAY was logged at 5.20 pm AEST on June 7</span><br />While the seller has given potential buyers some Internet sites to visit they seem to have been chosen for the contradictory and confusing information that they give. Indeed, the Hawkins' antique site is out of date. This is a case where science has proven that the seeds are <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOT</span> apple seeds and there is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER for the <span style="font-weight: bold;">seeds</span> themselves – <span style="font-style: italic;">Leucaena leucocephala</span> – being imported into Tasmania or for there being any Tasmanian Aboriginal involvement in this class of work's manufacture.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Interestingly, there are reports of these seeds turning up in necklaces made by Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory where the <span style="font-style: italic;">Leucaena leucocephala </span>plant is an invasive woody weed. It is worth noting that <span style="font-style: italic;">Leucaena leucocephala </span>is a tropical plant that will not grow in Tasmania except under artificial conditions.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ipil seed Aboriginal Tasmania apple seed necklace</span><br /></div></div></div><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-75656981361650063382010-05-23T18:12:00.004+10:002010-05-23T18:25:16.010+10:00eBAY Find – May 2010 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/AVvXsEhQUfOU0cEHMt7_cDZq4aL_K-8eDTr6DX7EcNCeUiulwpPNvi_rrcprs6TOf5uln_MT5ReAO9t-Y3Xr5vd9VylpSUcEgi7txrH91n1uJeZsxm3aWirElnm2hqRa4ThGFNrX3Wx43aZxpLc/s1600/eBAY_ipil.SA.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUfOU0cEHMt7_cDZq4aL_K-8eDTr6DX7EcNCeUiulwpPNvi_rrcprs6TOf5uln_MT5ReAO9t-Y3Xr5vd9VylpSUcEgi7txrH91n1uJeZsxm3aWirElnm2hqRa4ThGFNrX3Wx43aZxpLc/s400/eBAY_ipil.SA.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474375987253022418" 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 /></div>Sadly this photograph does not give us a clear view of this necklace, nonetheless it bears all the hallmarks of Filipino/Palawan cultural production. It also provides further evidence of how deeply etched the "apple seed" misinterpretation is in the Globalised cultural imagination.<br /></div><br />If something looks like something it is not always what it appears to be.The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-50940171729688101552010-05-22T17:13:00.003+10:002010-05-22T17:41:26.136+10:00eBAY Find – May 2010 SA<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xjO-mQvC_qPhyphenhyphenXg2P7_1XKveKPAOPlWfzotlxWsXUaRod9jqpmWELtAp_rco9m9VSmB94kAkNindthEJa4hT4OvvAGAtNXrh2ZgC7oC5s1QQZCcDmjYO-pC4CnEFXFMvQyd3WNzNQgc/s1600/eBAY_ipil.MAT.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 328px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xjO-mQvC_qPhyphenhyphenXg2P7_1XKveKPAOPlWfzotlxWsXUaRod9jqpmWELtAp_rco9m9VSmB94kAkNindthEJa4hT4OvvAGAtNXrh2ZgC7oC5s1QQZCcDmjYO-pC4CnEFXFMvQyd3WNzNQgc/s400/eBAY_ipil.MAT.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473989482777730162" border="0" /></a>To have your work copied is an unacknowledged mark of respect but it does seem that this seller is relying upon the information posted here to lend <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">credibility</span> to his sale. There is not much more to say about this find except what's been said on the site before.<br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><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></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-84398123147219721032009-09-01T08:30:00.005+10:002009-09-02T12:08:52.703+10:00Found on eBAY_ Filipino Not Tasmanian<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT_JqJ-XPMH1O1ob9rOwyRRUPVAj7IjWi2O3STd5BcGQdP1O9kUrGwGjjHrokjaNhNonvE5GQFvz5Uu0sPo8BWQICswjkffgDgVg7BH5UR7ATbP9Sfnwv1CjNVQeY5oYTEuPpI5vj9_1Y/s1600-h/eBayIPIL_shell.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT_JqJ-XPMH1O1ob9rOwyRRUPVAj7IjWi2O3STd5BcGQdP1O9kUrGwGjjHrokjaNhNonvE5GQFvz5Uu0sPo8BWQICswjkffgDgVg7BH5UR7ATbP9Sfnwv1CjNVQeY5oYTEuPpI5vj9_1Y/s400/eBayIPIL_shell.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376259919319677234" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The seller here was labouring under a set of common <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">misunderstandings</span> ... <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">" a wonderful vintage </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Tasmanian Aboriginal</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> shell and seed necklace ... it measures approx 16" from end to end and is strung on </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">black cotton</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> string ... necklace has a stunning intricate design with apple seeds and </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">aboriginal shells</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> strung together"</span><br /><br />Well it is quite clear that this necklace is <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOT </span>Tasmanian Aboriginal <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">– see earlier postings here</span></span>. Why? Well:<br /><ul><li>The string pattern is <span style="font-weight: bold;">not</span> one that was used by Tasmanian Aboriginal necklace makers;</li><li>The seeds are <span style="font-weight: bold;">not apple seeds </span>as is commonly claimed – <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">albeit not by this seller</span> – and are in fact <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ipil</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ipil</span> seeds </span>– <span style="font-style: italic;">from a tropical acacia tree;</span></li><li>The shells are not of a kind found in Tasmania and are typical of shells found in tropical waters – <span style="font-style: italic;">Tasmania's waters are far from being tropical</span>;</li><li>and thus everything stacks up for this necklace <span style="font-weight: bold;">originating in the Philippines,</span> possibly in the 1960s/70s and related to necklaces exported to the USA, Australia and elsewhere as <span style="font-style: italic;">'<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">hippy</span> beads'</span>. </li></ul>However it is a wonderful necklace and typical of those <span style="font-weight: bold;">believed </span>to have been made from <span style="font-weight: bold;">apple seed </span>, not <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ipil</span> seeds, in Tasmania.For this one to turn up with this stringing patern and shells is important information. Also, it must be noted that the seller was working with the very best information available to her; was being <span style="font-weight: bold;">totally honest</span> with her clients;and was trading with the <span style="font-weight: bold;">utmost integrity</span>. Indeed, she is now cooperating with the network in our research effort.<br /><br />The discovery that apple seeds were in fact <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'ipil-ipil seeds'</span> quashed the growing belief in Tasmania that these necklaces were made by Tasmanian Aboriginal people. It also put to rest the idea that they were even made in Tasmania. It is a small world and things move around in it.<br /><br />Interestingly, the evidence is stacking up for these necklaces originating in an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Indigenous</span> culture –<span style="font-style: italic;"> it is just that it was in the Philippines and NOT Tasmania</span>.<br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-4239169942347219892009-04-07T20:52:00.004+10:002009-04-08T12:14:23.480+10:00FOUND: A Source Culture For Ipil-ipil [apple] Seed Necklaces<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZ5n7uEsQXYCLqN4i5YmwNWVgtaPJ-asKOEXKAO4sjmr2pcX842yC3-jgHTIUatoS1A_W3PdO3Zt5KK8NyUD9pSKXoZWs6wp9QG5pDckqOUQO8lBW4nWfJiTLGwiTo7nGQlN99Et9gZw/s1600-h/PALAWAN.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZ5n7uEsQXYCLqN4i5YmwNWVgtaPJ-asKOEXKAO4sjmr2pcX842yC3-jgHTIUatoS1A_W3PdO3Zt5KK8NyUD9pSKXoZWs6wp9QG5pDckqOUQO8lBW4nWfJiTLGwiTo7nGQlN99Et9gZw/s320/PALAWAN.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322135646428260226" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xYor_AS2xBmsp1GsTKYLvyMhMd6PDe0qb2H0h0iRdLobUKSZD_FVArSUM5ADG-AbaqAvdLst773-DCCyB9fbiIESQFZB9j3qfhk56tiSf4-kumXlR_yqOXc6ZC89khvbxQ3QyjuCLcw/s1600-h/Philippines.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xYor_AS2xBmsp1GsTKYLvyMhMd6PDe0qb2H0h0iRdLobUKSZD_FVArSUM5ADG-AbaqAvdLst773-DCCyB9fbiIESQFZB9j3qfhk56tiSf4-kumXlR_yqOXc6ZC89khvbxQ3QyjuCLcw/s320/Philippines.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321901071367466978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Please click on the maps to enlarge the image</span></span><br /></div><br />Via the Internet we now have clear evidence that:<br /><ul><li> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ipil</span></span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ipil</span></span> trees can be found anywhere in The Philippines – <span style="font-style: italic;">but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Palawan</span> is a key area where cultural production using these seeds occurs today</span>;<br /></li><li>The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ipil</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ipil</span> tree is used as to control soil erosion;<br /></li><li>The seeds are known to have medicinal properties as well – <span style="font-style: italic;">the young seeds which is green color</span>;<br /></li><li>The matured seeds – <span style="font-style: italic;">dried thus, turned brown</span> – are being made into bags, bracelets, chokers, necklaces and anklets;</li><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Ipil</span></span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ipil</span></span> trees can be found in the urban and rural areas in the Philippines.<br /></li></ul>Our correspondent tells us <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">"when we were kids we used to play with these seeds. We ate it raw – <span style="font-style: italic;">young seeds</span> – as it is good for Detoxification of toxins ... The products are made by the </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">tagbanuas</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">, an indigenous tribe in </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Palawan</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">(Southern Luzon)</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> ... the tree can be used as Lumber as well ... The main issue [for the </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">tagbanuas</span>] </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">is to reclaim their ancestral domain ... The </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">tagbanuas</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> also make bracelets, or body accessories out of other seeds of other Philippine trees. But they don't cut the trees just to gather the seeds.</span>"<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">TAGBANUA: </span>Tagbanua are considered as the most widely distributed ethnic group in the Palawan Island. This people can be found living in coastal or near coastal areas of the island - some near the Palawan's river systems. They mainly plant rice for its ritual significance as well as camote, corn, taro, millet and cassava. The Tagbanua are famous for their beautifully crafted body accessories. Their combs, bracelets, necklaces and anklets are usually made of wood, beads, brass and copper. This group is also known for their expertise in basket weaving and wood carving.<br /><br />The Tagbanuas are brown-skinned slim straight-haired ethnic group. Women wear bright body ornament and brighty colored clothes. They believe in a fairy called<span style="font-style: italic;"> "Diwata"</span>, which they account for they lives. Marriages are arranged from the age of 12 and polyandry is common. Women with several husbands are considered to be in demand, thus, worthy of high dowries. Both the Tagbanuas and the Bataks developed their own written language like the Mangyans of Mindoros that are inscribed mostly on bamboo tubes. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagbanua"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Click Here for More Information</span><br /></span></a><br />Our correspondent belongs to an organisation fostering <span style="font-style: italic;">'Fair Trade' </span>and sustainable development in The Philippines. So there is now a good base to work from in understanding these necklaces understood as <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"apple seed necklaces" i</span>n Tasmania much better.<br /><br />It is a story that is full of irony but nonetheless it is a very rich one.The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-26907489235856157022009-04-04T22:51:00.005+11:002009-04-08T10:32:34.778+10:00IPIL [APPLE] SEED BRACELET IN THE USA<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLAWKG0jrZrUQFezB5jXg1vv8NOBiGGm8OcOWDRWi6NRLI1rG8NrS1INrw8QPPOkqRRKQx-jsVgkTIW1bXh_p88JPWKecpqSc1wHkEZ0GsnAZ9OM0KF5MtEqK0xEXZJ-BOzAnvCiuVvas/s1600-h/ipil-apple.seed_Bracelet.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLAWKG0jrZrUQFezB5jXg1vv8NOBiGGm8OcOWDRWi6NRLI1rG8NrS1INrw8QPPOkqRRKQx-jsVgkTIW1bXh_p88JPWKecpqSc1wHkEZ0GsnAZ9OM0KF5MtEqK0xEXZJ-BOzAnvCiuVvas/s320/ipil-apple.seed_Bracelet.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320803118438409842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Click on the image to enlarge</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This item is almost certainly made from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ipil</span></span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ipil</span></span> seeds and other tropical seeds available in The Philippines<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">More information from the seller:</span> I acquired the bracelet and quite a few Appleseed necklaces through a local antique shop. I don't know much about them except that the gentleman I buy them from buys from a lot of estate sales. I have plenty of Appleseed<br />necklaces but have never come across a bracelet before.<br /><br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-48121291869390183782009-04-04T11:54:00.008+11:002009-04-05T09:46:16.482+10:00IPIL [APPLE] SEED NECLACES IN THE PHILIPPINES NOW<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingsklDi41swDi49zBjbT_O5o8j7fqIJRc15gYAYYY7DeDb1nVvMyIgHWjct4rcxqMExinHZ5oCwuBe-iGkNOa65sOBPFvhEczUi2xqzmywbBsYkY1s0cgJDxKeGDmaXLaumkfjoU7z-U/s1600-h/ipilNECKLACES.php100.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingsklDi41swDi49zBjbT_O5o8j7fqIJRc15gYAYYY7DeDb1nVvMyIgHWjct4rcxqMExinHZ5oCwuBe-iGkNOa65sOBPFvhEczUi2xqzmywbBsYkY1s0cgJDxKeGDmaXLaumkfjoU7z-U/s320/ipilNECKLACES.php100.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320636713304228082" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">PHP</span>100 = $3.50 <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(Approx) </span></span>and to have such a necklace restrung in Australia consistent with the stringing pattern here would <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">easily</span> exceed $100. Most people would choose not pay that in comparison to what else $100 would buy them.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It is worth considering what PHP100 would buy in The Philippines</span>. Today it would buy:<span style="font-style: italic;">half a chicken, 5 kebabs, 250 </span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">gms</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> of prawns, 1 mud crab, 2 </span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">grandies</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">(beer)</span>, 2 flasks of rum, 2 ice creams, sari sari meal, half a kilo of rice, a cup coffee & cake, 2 </span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">shapou</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">(buns),</span> a worker for a good part of a day, a 10K taxi fare, a ticket to a film show and 10 cokes</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">TASRN </span>is looking at ways it might find <span style="font-weight: bold;">the makers </span>of ipil seed necklaces in The Philippines in order to find out some of the histories linked to this work. We are working with people with connections and organisations such as <a href="http://www.worldvision.org/content.nsf/learn/ways-we-help-economics">World Vision</a>, <a href="http://www.preda.org/index.htm">The Preda Foundation</a> & <a href="http://www.philsol.nl/org/flyers/PGX-99.htm">People's Global Exchange Philippines</a>, Filipinos in Tasmania and Queensland as well as people in the arts community with Filipino connections. We would also like to hear from people who have connections to The Philippines and/or who might have some information about this area of cultural production!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">WATCH THIS SPACE</span><br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-64553472548383075462009-04-03T22:58:00.005+11:002009-04-04T09:49:53.173+11:00IPIL OR APPLE SEEDS ON eBAY 03.04.09<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6w4Fbz08cjHXgdB4Nksx249FtBCKmeF842NDzuLp4U__RKQfmc2mESAvIb0E5pot-Z-ZisYDcKHLQqKI7b4QjGnwanwL9Tlhis1JfdTB_EGuqnGNrjKPMlVXbmuu0AaEWink0chXFAo/s1600-h/ipilAPPLE_ebay.3.04.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6w4Fbz08cjHXgdB4Nksx249FtBCKmeF842NDzuLp4U__RKQfmc2mESAvIb0E5pot-Z-ZisYDcKHLQqKI7b4QjGnwanwL9Tlhis1JfdTB_EGuqnGNrjKPMlVXbmuu0AaEWink0chXFAo/s320/ipilAPPLE_ebay.3.04.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320434110861127954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Click on the image to enlarge</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">When the seller was asked for more information about this <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"Vintage? Necklace Apple Seed Long Strand"</span> she said, <span style="font-style: italic;">"I have nothing. That's why there's no info in the listing. LOL. I have a friend who's a Realtor. she is selling a house for the children of a woman who passed away. The kids gave the Realtor 14 tubs of jewelry. This was in it. Sorry I don't have more." </span>... A familiar story.<br /></div></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-19294138192265825532009-03-31T19:34:00.008+11:002009-04-03T12:01:45.771+11:00A BLOOMING GOOD CWA WITNESS: An apple seed story<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdN_hWYpAJScKIsIKxfzkY09x6AMZbAhYvCBSshAQ9LHiAgYeO5JJpULrU6u_J_OgBRcHJ_s0ypkeIGkhdhBt08G9bvHnCZgeHlquDcTXSD3Xze9X0N6cCVjK51Y8EWB-cIB7DaDMY-vg/s1600-h/ipilAPPLEblossom.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdN_hWYpAJScKIsIKxfzkY09x6AMZbAhYvCBSshAQ9LHiAgYeO5JJpULrU6u_J_OgBRcHJ_s0ypkeIGkhdhBt08G9bvHnCZgeHlquDcTXSD3Xze9X0N6cCVjK51Y8EWB-cIB7DaDMY-vg/s320/ipilAPPLEblossom.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319268709288012690" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">It is apple picking time<br />not apple blossom time<br />but what the heck</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></span></span></div><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We have contacted Mrs. Peg <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Lipscommbe</span></span> and she given us some very useful information. At 80, and a <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">CWA</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;">member</span></span>, and given that she has spent all her life in and around around <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Margate</span></span> on the </span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Apple Isle</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">, she had some very useful information about community life in the region, the apple industry and community understandings of the kinds of activities the community was involved in <span style="font-style: italic;">– apple festivals, the promotion of the apple industry, apple packing competitions and the like</span>. </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br />This kind of information is like solid gold for a researcher. We always thought that the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">CWA</span></span> </span>would have such people in its membership. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Mrs. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Lipscommbe</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> has willingly given us her permission to name her in our research despite the fact that she was telling us about an Aunt & Uncle who made <span style="font-weight: bold;">watermelon seed & cherry seed necklaces</span> in Hobart before WW2. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Even though this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">does n</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ot</span> point us to <span style="font-weight: bold;">a maker of apple seed necklaces</span> it does tell us quite a lot. More to the point, she is a very reliable witness. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We have had several 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">nd</span></span> & 3rd hand reports, and one first hand report, of people who made apple seed necklaces. It seems that they made them for their own or their family’s use in general. </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Interestingly, Mrs. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Lipscommbe</span></span> has told us that <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">“she has never heard of apple seed necklaces being made” </span>anywhere near where she has lived. She has wonderful stories about Apple Festivals, Apple Blossom Princesses and all kinds of things that were celebrated at these events. But no apple seed necklaces! Strange because this is the Apple Isle and Tasmanians all celebrate that.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span>It seems that people did make apple seed necklaces in Tasmania but not in large numbers. </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Mrs. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Lipscommbe</span></span> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span>discounted the idea that seed necklaces were "jewellery of The Depression." She is a child of The Depression and recalls that life was <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"too busy for that kind of thing."</span> She recalled helping her Aunt make necklaces as a child and in particular handing her melon seeds that she could <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"pierce the seeds with a hot hat pin."</span> It seems these necklace were made as a kind of recreation activity but not for sale and often as gifts.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Nonetheless the search goes on!</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span>We need to know the stories that are out there and it seems that up until now very few people have been looking for them in Tasmania.<br /></div></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-59572669492659700602009-03-26T23:10:00.006+11:002009-04-02T14:30:58.149+11:00CWA IN TASMANIA JOINS THE HUNT FOR APPLE SEED MAKERS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_UmFmXvu7wkjlH5TrQcZBLeZok-1bavEWky50cgGFNU3rY3EN6fH3N0xvTxdQigjfofnqXmQNvh8Gi9GsuSl_B8VtyhEzsuNFeL_TlNWSTHd9nXsAgaq34XORfoOVZRVRrNXneVuubk/s1600-h/CWAhuon.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_UmFmXvu7wkjlH5TrQcZBLeZok-1bavEWky50cgGFNU3rY3EN6fH3N0xvTxdQigjfofnqXmQNvh8Gi9GsuSl_B8VtyhEzsuNFeL_TlNWSTHd9nXsAgaq34XORfoOVZRVRrNXneVuubk/s320/CWAhuon.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317467917775050418" border="0" /></a><br />We have sent the information to a couple of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Huon</span> Branches but have not received a reply as yet. Your article will also be printed in the next issue of our magazine asking anyone to contact you direct. We hope you get some great feedback.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cwaintas.org.au/"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">CWA</span> in Tasmania </span><span style="font-style: italic;">(Inc.)</span></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">PO Box 583, NORTH HOBART 7002</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Phone: (03) 62 313 706</span></span><br /><br /></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-28226187420004178982009-03-25T01:54:00.011+11:002009-04-03T12:03:24.458+11:00APPLE SEED ITEMS: LAUNCESTON AUCTION 25.03.09 – Ipil Seeds possibly<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf4qQc8KAbxvhPaSUmrQWqeGLJo9Y94od4CrxBtYPDYzcOffpF2QGopoAZIIzreUc01xC2ySNSHAAfmXi7te7qHNYdouUi6tZ9aw5gN0cIriKTrhzQAbARg2UKIdeRFyMAqUfXp7FPUrw/s1600-h/IPIL_81.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf4qQc8KAbxvhPaSUmrQWqeGLJo9Y94od4CrxBtYPDYzcOffpF2QGopoAZIIzreUc01xC2ySNSHAAfmXi7te7qHNYdouUi6tZ9aw5gN0cIriKTrhzQAbARg2UKIdeRFyMAqUfXp7FPUrw/s320/IPIL_81.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316777195704628274" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZcB8XhFKMCeEA84Gek5UmMVBafPNBeyMYVVyDUfp7zSWB8o3Es2buVLp1UfsNRmaTn4W70n8xNIbErFOmMp1mw-7sUhFP3rraHV4XkOGgfkTNU_XnnxfrjtJ8Rlbmal2XbTnm3rVQss/s1600-h/ipilMATtullocks25.03.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZcB8XhFKMCeEA84Gek5UmMVBafPNBeyMYVVyDUfp7zSWB8o3Es2buVLp1UfsNRmaTn4W70n8xNIbErFOmMp1mw-7sUhFP3rraHV4XkOGgfkTNU_XnnxfrjtJ8Rlbmal2XbTnm3rVQss/s320/ipilMATtullocks25.03.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316771950198509506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >Click on the images to enlarge</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Well the hammer price on all three items was $40 each. This was so despite the fact that the auctioneer raised the issue about the doubt about the origins of the work and that it was probable that neither contained "apple seed". He <span style="font-weight: bold;">did not</span> suggest that the seeds were <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ipil</span></span></span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ipil</span></span></span> seeds but did say that seed were possibly from a<span style="font-style: italic;">" tree that originated in Mexico."</span> None of this seemed to effect the hammer price – <span style="font-style: italic;">Auction House – <a href="http://www.tullochs.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Tullochs</span></span></span> Auctions</a></span><a href="http://www.tullochs.com/">.</a><br /><br />More interesting however was the fact that the vendor, who was not present, seems to know of a maker who did indeed use apple seeds for necklace making. The vendor has been contacted and has provided the following information:<br /><ul><li>The items offered for sale had all been purchased in Tasmania in various locations such as thrift shops, antique shops or <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">garage</span> sales over several years;</li><li>The vendor's wife in her youth had worked in apple sheds on The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Huon</span></span> and does not recall seeing any apple seed craft being done nor hearing of any at that time;</li><li>The vendor had met a woman living on Tasmania's east coast who had made apple seed necklaces and who had <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">apparently</span></span> made a great many over the years <span style="font-style: italic;">(100s?)</span> but very often as gifts – <span style="font-style: italic;">this is first reliable report to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">TASRN</span></span> of someone in Tasmania making such work in any amount</span>. This clue is being investigated and when more information is available more will be reported here as information comes to hand.</li></ul>Another person at the auction reported that a friend had purchased a relatively large number of necklaces similar items to the items on sale in Bali. How these items managed to get through Australian customs is a mystery if indeed they did.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >WATCH THIS SPACE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tullochs.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4de8IFKA76rWOSgTf_ttyKPVC8hKacvkCbrjmuetK2IIE31W76qZTlTP1Uefd0wNAGdg-45tOJ4Jigl0b9YvVZr07nixvCHIOP_XC5HAOi4QWZNLHrmDLvI8AKXjehaZ7uAqzgPk7Ig/s320/ipilTULLOCHSweb.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317445723296267266" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-87613638525698223262009-03-25T00:15:00.004+11:002009-03-26T23:08:37.990+11:00IPIL SEED PURSE WITH A UK PROVENANCE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bMnoL3fiPblvqlmhp9neIimyaqGOM5dOcJnQ-ZwolyXxaHze7Tjj_rYih0f0v_9r7mvru0tA_luLspQQCuwZ31aDV2l1ADgn3vAaQ7z5UBGppUJw-TGh4bQMIieHpwI1o_0oB-BdoWc/s1600-h/ipilPURSE_KENYA.UK.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bMnoL3fiPblvqlmhp9neIimyaqGOM5dOcJnQ-ZwolyXxaHze7Tjj_rYih0f0v_9r7mvru0tA_luLspQQCuwZ31aDV2l1ADgn3vAaQ7z5UBGppUJw-TGh4bQMIieHpwI1o_0oB-BdoWc/s320/ipilPURSE_KENYA.UK.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316742950995791858" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Click on image to enlarge</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">PROVENANCE</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">:</span> This purse was received a gift in the 1950s in the UK when the current owner was a child. Her memories are that an Aunt gave it to her when she and her husband returned to the UK on furlough from Kenya. The purse may have been purchase in Kenya but more likely on the sea voyage to the UK. Aden is a likely port where it may have been purchased. At the time she received the gift none of her family nor anyone that she knew of had any connection with Tasmania. <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Pers</span>. Com 24.03.09)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">NETWORKER</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"> NOTE:</span> I wouldn't be surprised if these trees are in Africa as there was extensive trade between East Asia and Africa for 100s of years. There were lots of missionaries in Kenya. I'm no expert but the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">artefact</span> has an East African feel to it.<br /></div></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-7502063944837261712009-03-21T23:26:00.009+11:002009-03-22T16:49:19.192+11:00IPIL SEED MAT<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyFgxntPZKV8hFN1Pwk8t7woOuv2ez6Jvqzj85M8KXxPKKPYmFv8IImaP7UdZKAM0QujcoI5vgB2Dkej7CPV1jYRdVIHIkN_XDMd7pkbMIeNSh5ZBdTyd2Bv9rzbjH-W8EDCoiqu2tWo/s1600-h/ipilMAT7250.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyFgxntPZKV8hFN1Pwk8t7woOuv2ez6Jvqzj85M8KXxPKKPYmFv8IImaP7UdZKAM0QujcoI5vgB2Dkej7CPV1jYRdVIHIkN_XDMd7pkbMIeNSh5ZBdTyd2Bv9rzbjH-W8EDCoiqu2tWo/s320/ipilMAT7250.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315619177854771298" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMJy1HHu1gWrc0ltRiFkSy2eC0U4i_rvdkJDBJRMrWqYclExyfJU4hBHMzmJc0vB5OREX4_P7OEMtChYOzMPCJ1Squg_kr2cbOV316mlFS5X9zVCDNI4bTLUsh9oQSnVynXF6H3ub7Ng/s1600-h/ipilMATdet7250.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMJy1HHu1gWrc0ltRiFkSy2eC0U4i_rvdkJDBJRMrWqYclExyfJU4hBHMzmJc0vB5OREX4_P7OEMtChYOzMPCJ1Squg_kr2cbOV316mlFS5X9zVCDNI4bTLUsh9oQSnVynXF6H3ub7Ng/s320/ipilMATdet7250.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315876906003170706" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Click on the image to enlarge</span><br /></div>This mat was purchased in Launceston in an antique shop mid March 209 as an "apple seed mat". Interestingly, in the 1970s there was an importer in Launceston who imported these mats and necklaces. They came in a relatively wide variety of patterns. The importers also understand that there were other importers also selling them as "ipil seed" products into Tasmania.<br /><br />The importer is still in business but given that company records only go back 10 years it is not possible for them to provide any further information regarding the source of their supplies.<br /><br />The seeds in this mat have been scientifically identified as ipil-ipil seeds <span style="font-style: italic;">– actually </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Publicat/Gutt-shel/x5556e06.htm"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Leucaena</span></span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">leucocephala</span></span></span></a>. However it is understood that these mats and necklaces were regularly retailed as "apple seed" mats and necklaces and were regularly purchased as Tasmanian souvenirs in the 1970s. They are quite rare now but it seems that they were common in Tasmania in the 1970s.The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-12331977515626248822009-03-21T22:41:00.005+11:002009-03-22T16:45:38.380+11:00OTHER NAMES FOR IPIL-IPIL SEEDS<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83ZJTzAbgtPuTatniSeCsqMwoyqrdMr5UaV2S-8gyWd3-_lmWpCfbpF3K-TtcmK0NsRo5RUB8rkQDaLNVvTkOAuBiAdeBd3zvM83GisVEV-9RJ2dzlQhrZiIOEjReTH_7AadZVNpbZKY/s1600-h/ipilGRAPHIC.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83ZJTzAbgtPuTatniSeCsqMwoyqrdMr5UaV2S-8gyWd3-_lmWpCfbpF3K-TtcmK0NsRo5RUB8rkQDaLNVvTkOAuBiAdeBd3zvM83GisVEV-9RJ2dzlQhrZiIOEjReTH_7AadZVNpbZKY/s320/ipilGRAPHIC.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315605343061280626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Click on the image to enlarge</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It seems that this little seeds carries much more cultural cargo and is much more significant than almost anyone might have imagined. It now seems that because of the over exploitation of this plant in The Philippines the harvesting of these seeds is now heavily controlled. Yet in Australia – <span style="font-style: italic;">specifically in the Northern Territory & Queensland</span> – this same plant is regarded as an invasive woody weed. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Curiously</span>, it seems that in some parts of the Northern Territory necklaces made from these seeds – <span style="font-style: italic;">possibly by Aboriginal people </span>– are understood as "apple seed necklaces." It seems that this infectious<span style="font-style: italic;"> 'whitefeller' </span>Freudian slip is prone to happen in lots of places.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br />SOME REFERENCE LINKS</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.stuartxchange.com/Ipil-ipil.html">Medicinal – Philippines (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">talismanic</span></span></span>?)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.tropicalforages.info/key/Forages/Media/Html/Leucaena_leucocephala.htm">A plant description worth looking at</a></li><li><a href="http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Publicat/Gutt-shel/x5556e06.htm"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Leucaena</span></span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">leucocephala</span></span></span> [<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ipil</span></span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ipil</span></span></span>] has a reputation as the 'miracle tree'.</a></li><li><a href="http://www.beadsofperu.com/servlet/the-Seed-&-Nut-Beads-cln-Other-Seed-&-Nut-Beads/Categories"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Ipil</span></span></span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">ipil</span></span></span> seeds for sale</a></li><li><a href="http://www.seestjohn.com/flora_wild_tamarind.html">Another context for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ipil</span></span></span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">ipil</span></span></span> or wild tamarind</a></li></ul><br /></div></div>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-58605372896544963922009-03-21T17:15:00.009+11:002009-04-03T12:07:38.481+11:00SAMPLES FROM A TASMAINAN COLLECTION: Apple or Ipil Seeds?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghotFqwlMkoXkYUAOV2MBLjlWdk4avC5n3DhiIti__KySj1pSTCP-bVSer5tR0wsiwF1ywTA3YQAuXk3WXIXRCNdAOpZP3v0aRchH1z2844p48fcFC8C_GeBgt9EgLIwxOeUuPYjzCfro/s1600-h/ipil-apple.JBH.1.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghotFqwlMkoXkYUAOV2MBLjlWdk4avC5n3DhiIti__KySj1pSTCP-bVSer5tR0wsiwF1ywTA3YQAuXk3WXIXRCNdAOpZP3v0aRchH1z2844p48fcFC8C_GeBgt9EgLIwxOeUuPYjzCfro/s320/ipil-apple.JBH.1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315522605823247842" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjOw484xPXjyxsFbXLTbtHmlIKSvoiSrwRgBgzI0wWTlHO0SAQxQHyy9M98CGJEap0EXhjTk8o43aRiJDfdGeMZqSI04Y4j_hznri8UuWqgslJs6rQGPYBqPSDsHuFaFYGTs1NWhLEts/s1600-h/ipil-apple.JBH.2.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjOw484xPXjyxsFbXLTbtHmlIKSvoiSrwRgBgzI0wWTlHO0SAQxQHyy9M98CGJEap0EXhjTk8o43aRiJDfdGeMZqSI04Y4j_hznri8UuWqgslJs6rQGPYBqPSDsHuFaFYGTs1NWhLEts/s320/ipil-apple.JBH.2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315522613661322018" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YfZ72rOXzCZmKuv3hziM6b3YgjpaOdE6-v8_i5V6hTC3TgVtc3zSVYzKkwzdzwL0JsXa0Z5VEcfJ2BesXxHyKvfCjPF_cnFwVkgGr4B8jIsfaCKh21ottHuirl1_fhrtsHL3Or5T9Kk/s1600-h/ipil-apple.JBH.3.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YfZ72rOXzCZmKuv3hziM6b3YgjpaOdE6-v8_i5V6hTC3TgVtc3zSVYzKkwzdzwL0JsXa0Z5VEcfJ2BesXxHyKvfCjPF_cnFwVkgGr4B8jIsfaCKh21ottHuirl1_fhrtsHL3Or5T9Kk/s320/ipil-apple.JBH.3.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315522619233195586" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVzNXX-ioLfxg9WelVlLLq22C4FCWauZvR-4Qq7SPNUXgfTHVFC0cSdHPUtA8Of1_IvS8cXFWtIWnKqfFO1kIrV09jtZDzle0VFfpZ838JBljBJDqJwdwwiA4iMaC9KU7vVJ74PQSojk/s1600-h/ipil-apple.JBH.4.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVzNXX-ioLfxg9WelVlLLq22C4FCWauZvR-4Qq7SPNUXgfTHVFC0cSdHPUtA8Of1_IvS8cXFWtIWnKqfFO1kIrV09jtZDzle0VFfpZ838JBljBJDqJwdwwiA4iMaC9KU7vVJ74PQSojk/s320/ipil-apple.JBH.4.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315522621237654754" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Click on an image to enlarge</span></span><br /></div>Necklaces from a Tasmanian collection and notably <span style="font-weight: bold;">all </span>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 <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">‘Apple Seed Craft'</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">NOTE: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Interesting, like objects are similarly understood in the USA and seeds in some of these items have been identified as </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">ipil</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span>seeds rather than 'apple seeds'. While, these items are </span>beginning<span style="font-style: italic;"> to turn up elsewhere <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">– other than in Tasmania – </span>they seem to be quite <span style="font-weight: bold;">(very?)</span> rare.</span>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-74118116387993356662009-03-21T16:40:00.006+11:002009-04-03T12:08:44.947+11:00IDENTIFYING IPIL SEEDS FROM APPLE SEEDS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8oonpQDSb0mHRECpWS4qcQ7M1zZGCchJvyNaB63dd8kSmqUDok9COIOH7e8RKKWSgDISC12xt6ATe4JMNBlRyZCtjvF_gEkzY6hdpS2vMnCeGPjtBR4c45tDpImKBwodkhmIhB-DHBY/s1600-h/ipil-IDclue.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8oonpQDSb0mHRECpWS4qcQ7M1zZGCchJvyNaB63dd8kSmqUDok9COIOH7e8RKKWSgDISC12xt6ATe4JMNBlRyZCtjvF_gEkzY6hdpS2vMnCeGPjtBR4c45tDpImKBwodkhmIhB-DHBY/s320/ipil-IDclue.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315512600753346018" border="0" /></a>The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ipil</span></span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ipil</span></span> seeds <span style="font-style: italic;">(</span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Leucaena</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Leucocephala</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> )</span> can be relatively easily identified and the diagram above is probably the best way to describe how that might be done by the non-botanist albeit that a magnifying glass will generally be needed.<br /><br />These seeds typically appear in necklaces understood in Tasmania as "apple seed necklaces" and collected as Apple Seed Craft. There is much speculation in regard to how this understanding arose but the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ipil</span>/apple Freudian slip cannot be discounted. The search goes on for examples of Apple Seed Craft makers in Tasmania.<br /><br />One thing is now clear however, regardless of the the fact that these necklaces, placemats, purses, belts, etc. containing either ipil or apple seeds they are <span style="font-weight: bold;">quite rare</span> and very little seems to be known about them.The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-39616416162879524912009-03-21T13:11:00.007+11:002009-04-03T12:09:54.049+11:00PROGRESS REPORT #2: Apple & Ipil Seeds<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqi7KdEuba8vm7291YM9P26ATDVWmiUcIQGu9BTqHKDLLH0Ad_P9rKa0LOOZkWAZguYoMmhHwjS-7W6d2VSbS58go-onYA-a0lhpWUIUBAK3zUtxHRA5Scl_lrwpEs2Zo0kvO6d1_98UA/s1600-h/APPLEseedREPORT.2.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqi7KdEuba8vm7291YM9P26ATDVWmiUcIQGu9BTqHKDLLH0Ad_P9rKa0LOOZkWAZguYoMmhHwjS-7W6d2VSbS58go-onYA-a0lhpWUIUBAK3zUtxHRA5Scl_lrwpEs2Zo0kvO6d1_98UA/s200/APPLEseedREPORT.2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315459557691626802" border="0" /></a>What <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">TASRN</span> </span>is really interested in regard to this research is the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">‘<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">placedness</span>’ </span>of the cultural products that in Tasmania have been understood as <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"apple seed" </span>necklaces, etc. A large part of this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">placedness</span> – <span style="font-style: italic;">Tasmanian-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ness</span> ?</span>– is to do with the cultural cargo these objects carry.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">TASRN</span></span> research has brought to light some interesting information. It is below in dot points identifying the key points.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >1.</span> The necklaces understood as <span style="font-style: italic;">'<span style="font-weight: bold;">Tasmanian Apple Seed Necklaces'</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>it now seems that they were indeed made elsewhere – <span style="font-style: italic;">or at least a great many<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >(most?)</span> </span>of them were</span>;<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2.</span> </span></span> The form and materials used in these necklaces appear to be and indicate that they are of Asian origin – <span style="font-style: italic;">and in some cases the Pacific region and/or Central & South America</span>;<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >3. </span> These necklaces seem to be similarly imagined as <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">“Apple Seed Necklaces” </span>in the USA;<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">4. </span></span> It is increasingly evident that the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">palawa</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">(Tasmanian Aboriginal)</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span>community in Tasmania has no memory of people in their community making such material – <span style="font-style: italic;">nonetheless memories of makers are still being sough and the lack of this information does not by necessity discount that possibility ;</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br />5.</span></span> There seems to be a paucity of information available in the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">‘antique market’ </span>in Tasmania that can attribute a clear Tasmanian provenance for these objects or their being made in Tasmania – <span style="font-style: italic;">however it has been discovered that the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">TMAG</span> does indeed have three relevant objects in its reserve collection contrary to earlier advice;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >6. </span> That there is increasing evidence that these necklaces and kindred objects were quite likely that the key objects have been made in The Philippines and/or New Guinea with others being made throughout the Pacific region <span style="font-style: italic;">– and it may well be the case that they are still being made there and/or in other places in Asia or the Pacific</span>;<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >7. </span> That seeds in necklaces that was purchased at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Tullochs</span> Auctions – <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Launceston</span> Tasmania</span> – as <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">“Apple Seed Necklaces”</span> have been independently and scientifically verified via botanic testing as being made entirely of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">ipil</span> seeds (<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">ipil</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">ipil</span></span> _<span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Leucaena</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">leucocephala</span></span> ) a tropical plant that cannot grow in Tasmania –<span style="font-style: italic;"> nor can this plant be imported to Australia currently in any form because it is a destructive and invasive <span style="font-weight: bold;">“woody weed”</span></span>;<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">8. </span></span> That it is possible to have seeds in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">artefacts</span> identified, and verified, in like manner in a non destructive way;<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">9. </span></span> That it remains a possibility that at least some of these necklaces and other items understood as <span style="font-weight: bold;">“Apple Seed Craft” </span>have been made in Tasmania but this is yet to be verified via oral histories etc.;<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">10.</span></span> That there is a possibility that this material may well have been imported into Tasmania since early times <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(even <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">pre</span> WW1)</span> from Asia and/or the Pacific but this too is yet to be verified;<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">11.</span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">'Tasmanian Collections' </span>of this material can be seen as an important indicator of Tasmanian adoption, adaptation and assimilation of these objects as <span style="font-style: italic;">‘Tasmanian’ </span>in the <span style="font-style: italic;">‘Tasmanian cultural imagination’</span> with Tasmanian cultural cargo, social histories, etc. These collections can be seen an exemplar of this kind globalisation at work in Tasmania and as it can found elsewhere – <span style="font-style: italic;">the USA almost certainly and possibly the UK as well nonetheless somewhat differently to that to be found in the Tasmanian vernacular</span>.<br /><br />This information and interpretations of it are currently being tested within the network and its credibility is being tested in the public domain. Hopefully via this process <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">TASRN</span> will be able to glean more information.<br /><br />If you are reading this and have something information to offer please <span style="font-style: italic;">e</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">MAIL</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">AppleSeedResearch@7250.net</span> or leave a comment in the comment section below.The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-28600933562390564692009-03-21T11:23:00.006+11:002009-04-03T12:11:37.393+11:00A STRINGING CHALLENGE: ANY TAKERS? – Apple or Ipil Seeds<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSpg48Kl-Yc3JqvEAcEqelb7aYrukx3bQGu9u5Jk5LXnkTkWnDRtxdQlOTqXwSkUDGeajXYLa6Mdob8OYsuouE_H8Q_RDtUk7L0k_duXzWz-MorDamcGZEbVKrjnf66UUXeXlfoljELk/s1600-h/ipil_oatlands.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSpg48Kl-Yc3JqvEAcEqelb7aYrukx3bQGu9u5Jk5LXnkTkWnDRtxdQlOTqXwSkUDGeajXYLa6Mdob8OYsuouE_H8Q_RDtUk7L0k_duXzWz-MorDamcGZEbVKrjnf66UUXeXlfoljELk/s320/ipil_oatlands.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315431458858462034" 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 />We are looking for ANYONE out there who might be able to repeat this stinging pattern. The chances are that we will not be able to get the seeds into OZ but it is the stringing pattern <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">TASRN</span> is looking to repeat.<br /><br />The technically extremely competent will find other challenges here on this site that we would be more than interested in finding someone to repeat here in Australia <span style="font-style: italic;">– or indeed anywhere in the world</span>. We know that there is someone out there somewhere!The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-53542892670844732662009-03-16T17:28:00.002+11:002009-03-22T16:50:04.001+11:00eBAY FIND: 16.03.09<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9IEJwOiNgGurdbFBYs5XutDBI5tars6rueffRCsFbc610Gi1TU21lHXNzkDZWUsFWIklIASpoVuBFqPtwdAMkUqsMA1BW7G-29T6NV7g2TRVe1bvWRcQClqbPme9uC4CJkixFgNd_Js/s1600-h/ipil-ebay16032009.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9IEJwOiNgGurdbFBYs5XutDBI5tars6rueffRCsFbc610Gi1TU21lHXNzkDZWUsFWIklIASpoVuBFqPtwdAMkUqsMA1BW7G-29T6NV7g2TRVe1bvWRcQClqbPme9uC4CJkixFgNd_Js/s320/ipil-ebay16032009.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313586446775707058" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span class="ebay" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">eBAY SELLER:</span> </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span class="findresulttitle">MrsTicklefeather </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" class="ebay" >United States</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>PRICE: $6.99 <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">(USD) Arrived in Australia 16.03.09 </span></strong></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-style: italic;">The seeds in this piece seem to be of a similar kind to those being found in Tasmania and described as "apple seeds" but are clearly something else.</span>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-5889067376941796152009-03-16T17:21:00.003+11:002009-03-22T16:51:31.653+11:00APPLE SEED PURSE STORY“Conversation with Ruth: Ruth tells of her <span style="font-style: italic;">‘Gran’</span> Lotte Woollard who died in Melbourne in1969. Gran had a purse that was a treasure but one that she allowed her grandchildren to play with <span style="font-style: italic;">“if you were <span style="font-weight: bold;">very </span>careful”.</span> Ruth was one of those children and <span style="font-style: italic;">“Gran’s little darling.” </span>She clearly remembers not only playing with the this purse – <span style="font-style: italic;">a woven ‘apple seed’ purse </span>– but also that it <span style="font-style: italic;">“was wonderful.” </span>This was in Melbourne in the 1950s and so far as Ruth knows Lotti had never visited Tasmania. Well she hadn’t until she visited her in George Town after she had moved to Tasmania with her parents in the 1950s.<br /><br />By then her parents had moved to Tasmania and it turned out to be their, and Ruth’s, new home. Her father moved for work reasons and intended to return to Melbourne after two years. That never happened and her childhood in Melbourne has fond memories.<br /><br />Lottie’s purse had stories – <span style="font-style: italic;">and possibly sentimental memories </span>– but Ruth’s memories of it suggest that Gran would have had it since the 1930s. Lotti never talked about how she came by this purse but there was a story there somewhere otherwise she wouldn’t have treasured it so. Ruth cherishes her memory of this purse too. So much so that she has drawn it from memory and in her memory – WATCH THIS SPACE – it will always be as “Gran Woollard’s purse”. (Pers Com … 03.03.2009) “The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-73072908119319491462009-03-16T12:29:00.003+11:002009-04-03T12:13:59.778+11:00eBAY FIND: 16.03.09: Apple or Ipil Seeds?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9IEJwOiNgGurdbFBYs5XutDBI5tars6rueffRCsFbc610Gi1TU21lHXNzkDZWUsFWIklIASpoVuBFqPtwdAMkUqsMA1BW7G-29T6NV7g2TRVe1bvWRcQClqbPme9uC4CJkixFgNd_Js/s1600-h/ipil-ebay16032009.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9IEJwOiNgGurdbFBYs5XutDBI5tars6rueffRCsFbc610Gi1TU21lHXNzkDZWUsFWIklIASpoVuBFqPtwdAMkUqsMA1BW7G-29T6NV7g2TRVe1bvWRcQClqbPme9uC4CJkixFgNd_Js/s320/ipil-ebay16032009.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313586446775707058" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span class="ebay" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">eBAY SELLER:</span> </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span class="findresulttitle">MrsTicklefeather </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" class="ebay" >United States</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>PRICE: $6.99 <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">(USD) Arrived in Australia 16.03.09 </span></strong></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-style: italic;">The seeds in this piece seem to be of a similar kind to those being found in Tasmania and described as "apple seeds" but are clearly something else.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span class="ebay" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-84453576198199414022009-03-15T22:43:00.004+11:002009-04-03T12:12:47.682+11:00eBAY FIND: Apple or Ipil Seed?<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4wMAmIm0mIoqQu8Qp1iv-kPsgOaHqfeYu3oiD0UtQMHXl8AWuEGTJnXtkojY8mqeRbACpwlEH3HUQ4Dycx15hG0qSPz7qW2m4jSoeFoH5GH1jRKhcnmrO6nhN-El129xfuBloqYiGOcI/s1600-h/ipil_SHELLeBAY.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4wMAmIm0mIoqQu8Qp1iv-kPsgOaHqfeYu3oiD0UtQMHXl8AWuEGTJnXtkojY8mqeRbACpwlEH3HUQ4Dycx15hG0qSPz7qW2m4jSoeFoH5GH1jRKhcnmrO6nhN-El129xfuBloqYiGOcI/s320/ipil_SHELLeBAY.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313361066508983490" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span class="ebay" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">eBAY SELLER:</span> </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span class="findresulttitle">kathyscorner22 </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" class="ebay" >Thomaston, Maine, United States</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></p> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>THIS ITEM: VINTAGE SEASHELL & SEED NECKLACE </strong></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><span style="font-size:100%;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span><strong>SPECIFICS: </strong></span></span> Necklace is strung with seashells and some sort of seeds, typical of the Pacific Islands. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Hippy</span> love beads that we saw in the '60s... Nicely made! </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span><strong>CIRCA: </strong>1960 - 1970</span></span> </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span><strong>DIMENSIONS: </strong>approx 35" (No clasp, so couldn't lay it out to get precise measurement)</span> </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span><strong>CONDITION: </strong>VERY GOO<span style="font-style: italic;">D</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">NOTE:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> The seeds in this piece seem to be of a similar kind to those being found in Tasmania and described as "apple seeds" but are clearly something else.</span></li></span></ul></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-89200112894536923602009-03-15T21:24:00.012+11:002009-04-03T12:14:57.405+11:00eBAY FIND: 16.03.09: Apple or Ipil Seeds?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9IEJwOiNgGurdbFBYs5XutDBI5tars6rueffRCsFbc610Gi1TU21lHXNzkDZWUsFWIklIASpoVuBFqPtwdAMkUqsMA1BW7G-29T6NV7g2TRVe1bvWRcQClqbPme9uC4CJkixFgNd_Js/s1600-h/ipil-ebay16032009.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9IEJwOiNgGurdbFBYs5XutDBI5tars6rueffRCsFbc610Gi1TU21lHXNzkDZWUsFWIklIASpoVuBFqPtwdAMkUqsMA1BW7G-29T6NV7g2TRVe1bvWRcQClqbPme9uC4CJkixFgNd_Js/s320/ipil-ebay16032009.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313586446775707058" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span class="ebay" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">eBAY SELLER:</span> </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span class="findresulttitle">MrsTicklefeather </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" class="ebay" >United States</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>PRICE: $6.99 <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">(USD) Arrived in Australia 16.03.09 </span></strong></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-style: italic;">The seeds in this piece seem to be of a similar kind to those being found in Tasmania and described as "apple seeds" but are clearly something else.</span><br /><br />eBAY FIND: 16.03.09<br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span class="ebay" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="findresulttitle"></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></p> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="findresulttitle"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></p> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><span class="ebay"></span><td style="padding: 0pt 4px 0pt 0pt;" nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td><td><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-61752933109074659952009-03-14T18:38:00.010+11:002009-04-03T12:17:14.005+11:00PROVENANCE: Tasmania & Fiji – Ipil Not Apple Seeds<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmbdPpWsPNxkwTcsCLFSM-8dAkb8pWMtrtCH015GF66iFur0L2OqaYsj8Wgj-XitPHtIuwhBd0U1cTjyp9nx6OgNVahdiFRYbO0oJdjQ-2X5WJKhRubhEXr8aOlfgjjgNUme2GEu8YNk/s1600-h/ipil_MAGNUSdetail.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmbdPpWsPNxkwTcsCLFSM-8dAkb8pWMtrtCH015GF66iFur0L2OqaYsj8Wgj-XitPHtIuwhBd0U1cTjyp9nx6OgNVahdiFRYbO0oJdjQ-2X5WJKhRubhEXr8aOlfgjjgNUme2GEu8YNk/s320/ipil_MAGNUSdetail.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313303323552860146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOgmm-i10XbMdrVXM9Zx-DqROWdqA9aVvggg6LmruFXqfCZt2rEgziZiqQCilo0WIloYIpK5SqrBEoyijyvDzvBHbM6gwnZ4Yw0PeshSWpISXPmZIL8ZdkPEcOkGs9vyhQgeHNsL7gNE/s1600-h/Ipil_MAGNUS.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOgmm-i10XbMdrVXM9Zx-DqROWdqA9aVvggg6LmruFXqfCZt2rEgziZiqQCilo0WIloYIpK5SqrBEoyijyvDzvBHbM6gwnZ4Yw0PeshSWpISXPmZIL8ZdkPEcOkGs9vyhQgeHNsL7gNE/s320/Ipil_MAGNUS.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313303313950297602" border="0" /></a><br />This necklace was purchased in Suva Market January 1968 by it’s current owner – <span style="font-style: italic;">Anna Marie <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Magnus</span></span></span>. She is a textile artist now living in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Woodbury</span></span> Tasmania. At the time she purchased this necklace she purchased approximately 10 similar necklaces. Some of these were given to friends as gifts and she recalls selling some at a <span style="font-style: italic;">“junk stall” </span>since she moved to Tasmania.<br /><br />Interestingly, Bob <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Magnus</span></span>, her husband is an apple enthusiast and nurseryman. He has been involved in collecting heritage apple specimens and has a collection of these trees in his orchard. In earlier days in northern New South Wales he grew <span style="font-weight: bold;">mimosa</span> – <span style="font-style: italic;">a tree with the common name <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ipil</span></span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ipil</span></span>, or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ipel</span></span>, in The Philippines </span>– trees as a fodder tree for goats and cattle. Thus he has a professional knowledge of both mimosa an apple seeds.<br /><br />This necklace is one verifiable example of how this material seeped into the Tasmanian collective consciousness and adopted as <span style="font-weight: bold;">“apple seed” </span>products on the Apple Isle. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ipil</span></span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">ipil</span></span> tree is grown widely throughout the Pacific region, The Caribbean and Central America where it is endemic. This is an interesting case where provenance is a loaded story.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">NOTE: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Since this information was received additional information has come to hand. A prominent Tasmanian researcher working in Tasmania has suggested that this necklace may well have been made in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">The Philippines </span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> and imported into into Fiji for sale as tourist souvenirs (trophies?). The trees that produce these seeds do grow in Fiji but local makers could not compete with the imported product.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Nonetheless these items bear scant resemblance to the local indigenous product when and where these seeds might have been used.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">SOME REFERENCE LINKS</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.stuartxchange.com/Ipil-ipil.html">Medicinal – Philippines (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">talismanic</span></span>?)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.tropicalforages.info/key/Forages/Media/Html/Leucaena_leucocephala.htm">A plant description worth looking at</a></li><li><a href="http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Publicat/Gutt-shel/x5556e06.htm"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Leucaena</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">leucocephala</span></span> [<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">ipil</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">ipil</span></span>] has a reputation as the 'miracle tree'.</a></li><li><a href="http://www.beadsofperu.com/servlet/the-Seed-&-Nut-Beads-cln-Other-Seed-&-Nut-Beads/Categories"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Ipil</span></span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">ipil</span></span> seeds for sale</a></li><li><a href="http://www.seestjohn.com/flora_wild_tamarind.html">Another context for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">ipil</span></span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">ipil</span></span> or wild tamarind</a><br /></li></ul>The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274203355929038182.post-47275929564072943542009-03-11T01:08:00.003+11:002009-03-22T16:56:45.650+11:00The Hunt Continues<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dDswuj2rMtAoF-aQcvf0vp3D69BClfUweSYS8kniQtTEdRVH7CsS7RAlYGXW9v2IC9mhPAw9Uqc3u0psTQKtCEF6OrwrUzHsgS7AEpNV9j3sfTPKMsSQpjTnHImkiCDQ-5ugJ6g4Ets/s1600-h/APPLEseedJOHNNY.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dDswuj2rMtAoF-aQcvf0vp3D69BClfUweSYS8kniQtTEdRVH7CsS7RAlYGXW9v2IC9mhPAw9Uqc3u0psTQKtCEF6OrwrUzHsgS7AEpNV9j3sfTPKMsSQpjTnHImkiCDQ-5ugJ6g4Ets/s320/APPLEseedJOHNNY.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311561262371125202" border="0" /></a>We are waiting patiently to find any information at all about the makers of apple seed necklaces, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">placemats</span>, purses and other items. Someone somewhere must know something!<br /><br />If you do please contact us. We know that there is a wonderful story out there! Please email <span style="font-weight: bold;">AppleSeedResearch@7250.net</span> if you know even a little bit of one.The Curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396546981903611199noreply@blogger.com1