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9780824809980
"[In this] definitive book... [written] in a manner beautifully analogous to her subject, [Moriarty] intertwines multiple strands of narrative, from the social and cultural history in which the use of shells for adornment and currency is embedded, through popular lore of pre- and post-war Hawaiian history, to the technical aspects of making a shell lei, and its subsequent care and handling." --Hawaiian Journal of HistoryMoriarty, Linda P. is the author of 'Ni'Ihau Shell Leis' with ISBN 9780824809980 and ISBN 082480998X.
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