Pearl hunting
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Pearl hunting, also known as pearl fishing or pearling, is the activity of recovering or attempting to recover pearls from wild molluscs, usually oysters or mussels, in the sea or freshwater. Pearl hu
An ama pearl diver in Japan
9th century drawing of a pearl diver
A Ceylon Pearl Merchant (p.108, 1849)
Woodblock illustration of a Chinese pearl-diving boat, Song Yingxing's 1637 Tiangong Kaiwu encyclopedia of technology
Kokichi Mikimoto
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Kokichi Mikimoto was a Japanese entrepreneur who is credited with creating the first cultured pearl and subsequently starting the cultured pearl industry with the establishment of his luxury pearl com
The wife of Mikimoto, Ume and his children in winter of 1895.
Mikimoto pearl earrings c.1970
Mikimoto inserts nucleus in a pearl shell