Artist Name: Rosaline Tomsana
Artwork Title: Pearling
Year: 2025
Medium: Jewellery Set (Necklace, Earrings, Bracelet, Ring) - Synthetic Beads, Pearl, Fishing Line
Dimension:
Necklace L 32cm x W 3cm
Earrings L 8.5cm
Bracelet L 19mm
DIVERS: Divers would collect pearl shells from the sea floor and return to the lugger boat where the pearls were off loaded.
PEARL: Pearl shell processing is when the shell was split to reveal two pearl plates that were sorted, polished and cut. If the centre of the mussel meat would be a beautiful white pearl.
BUTTON: The main objective back in the old days for diving for pearls was to use them to make buttons.