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Maker(s):not applicable
Culture:not applicable
Title:Spotted Augur
Type:Zoology
Accession Number:  MH SK X.B.13.a.2
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
Terebra maculata (Linnaeus). Two specimens. South Sea Islands. Heavy, solid shell with taper pointed apex. Ground color creamy white, with bands of chestnut and purple spots. The Polynesians use these shells for chisels in building their canoes.

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