Series 05: Gathering pipis, Shelly Beach, Ballina, New South Wales, photographs by Jamie James

series

12 December 2017

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9680121

8 photographs - digital, TIFF, colour

Item 1: Alexia, Jirrah and Izaha James gathering pipis, Shelly Beach, Ballina, New South Wales, 12 December 2017 / photograph by Jamie James
Item 2: Alexia, Jirrah and Izaha James gathering pipis, Shelly Beach, Ballina, New South Wales, 12 December 2017 / photograph by Jamie James
Item 3: Izaha James and pipis, Shelly Beach, Ballina, New South Wales, 12 December 2017 / photograph by Jamie James
Item 4: Izaha James, Shelly Beach, Ballina, New South Wales, 12 December 2017 / photograph by Jamie James
Item 5: Jirrah James, Kaleise Binge Jacky and Alexia James collecting pipis, Shelly Beach, Ballina, New South Wales, 12 December 2017 / photograph by Jamie James
Item 6: Kaleise Binge Jacky and fresh pipi, Shelly Beach, Ballina, New South Wales, 12 December 2017 / photograph by Jamie James
Item 7: Tyrann, Alexia and Jirrah James, Shelly Beach, Ballina, New South Wales, 12 December 2017 / photograph by Jamie James
Item 8: Tyrann, Izaha and Alexia James, Jayarla Binge Jacky, Jirrah James and Kaleise Binge Jacky doing the pipi twist, Shelly Beach Ballina, New South Wales, 12 December 2017 / photograph by Jamie James

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Jamie James
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Jamie James

Pipis are a traditional food for coastal First Nations peoples. Gathering pipis is done by digging with feet then hands in the wet ocean sand at low tides, known as the 'pipi twist'.
Reference: Library acquisition file