The Golden Cowrie. New Caledonia: Its People and Places - 5654

Set in the South Sea island of New Caledonia this is the story of an expedition of the fabulous shell known as the golden cowrie. However, as the authors came to enter into the everyday life of the native villages their interest in the principal object of the expedtion became submerged ina wider study of this fascinating island which, with its vivid green, fringed by dazzling sands set in the deep blue of a lagoon, has been called the Island of Light.
ASIN: B0000CL8HI
VSKU: RDV.B0000CL8HI.A
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