Necklace with Hand-Painted Gumnut Beads By the Women of Camel Camp colourful Florence and Melbourne

Florence and Melbourne

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Necklace with Hand-Painted Gumnut Beads By the Women of Camel Camp colourful Florence and MelbourneThis necklace features hand painted gumnuts by the Aboriginal Women of Camel Camp from the Utopia region of Australia. These gumnuts have been painted with red stripes and white dots on a black background they remind us of lady bugs! When we collected these unique beads, they still smelt of the smokey fire the women sat around as they painted these gumnuts. Australian jeweller, Christine Smalley created this neck piece by adding glass, wood and