Shell necklace (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Shell necklace

Caption

Necklace bought in 2003 in the airport on Rurutu (Austral Islands, French Polynesia), where these were openly sold to tourists despite legal protection; the white shells are Partula hyalina.

Credit

B. Fontaine

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