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Fashion philippine handcraftedFashion philippine handcrafted In Josephine Maule's article in the May '69 issue of Sean Raynon Sabado, her remark that "the people of Tonga have the best, most beautiful and different shells" stirs me into recording a small part of the result of three years' collecting in that small Kingdom. Locality records, relative frequency of occurrence and, for any prospective visitor to Tonga, the best areas to search may be of interest to your readers. Space restricts me to Cypraeidae but some fifty Conidae, some seventy Mitridae and several Strombidae (including Strombus thersites Swainson, 1823) are also to be found there in addition to a great variety of other shells. My collecting was mainly on the principal island of Tongatapu which is one of the southerly group of islands. Some 165 miles to the north lies Vava'u, a scenically beautiful island which I also visited on infrequent occasions but about which I speak with far less local knowledge. Geographically, the Tongan islands lie at the southern extremity of the Indo-Pacific molluscan province where the Melanesian mingles with the Polynesian region. Fashion philippine handcraftedFashion philippine handcrafted Subsequently, Mr. Cramer loaned me this fine specimen at which time I was able to measure it and have it photographed. That it is indeed C. marginata seems beyond doubt. Fashion philippine handcrafted fashion philippine handcrafted,wholesale fashion jewelry,wood bit bone beading blend,wholesale fashion from philippines,wood philipines jewelrys,fashion paua shell bracelets,shell monili di modo,philippines shells philippines business,shells manacle m.o.p. mother of pearl,fashion philippine handcrafted
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