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Maker(s):not applicable
Culture:not applicable
Title:Great Top Shell
Type:Zoology
Place Made:Australia
Accession Number:  MH SK X.B.48.a.1
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
Trochus niloticus (Linnaeus). Three specimens. Indian Ocean, Australia. Bracelets of pearl cut from these shells are highly prized by the South Sea Island women.

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