A fine and classic example. Formerly in the collection of Mesoamericanist scholar and Riverside professor Karl Taube. Cf. Neich and Pereira (2004, fig. 11) and Safer and McLaughlin (1982: 85).

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Neich, Roger, and Fulimalo Pereira. Pacific Jewelry and Adornment from the Collections of

Auckland Museum. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2004.

Safer, Jane Fearer., and Frances McLaughlin. Gill. Spirals from the Sea: an Anthropologist

Looks at Shells. New York: C.N. Potter, 1982.