Kupe’e Nerite Polita Tiger Shell 6 Patterned XL Shells

Description

6 XL Tiger Kūpe’e shells I collected on Kauai. They are about quarter size and have awesome patterns. Great to make a pendant, display or check my listings to get more of this size so you can make a lei. About 18-20 shells for a bracelet. 40 for a lei.
My shell gatherer shimmied down a cliffside to get these beauties but well worth it (since I stayed home.)
Kūpe’e are eaten, prized for lei, used as an emblem of mourning, used by hālau to hide (pe’e) knowledge or not used by other hālau so knowledge will not be hidden (pe’e) from them.
Kūpe’e live under sand around boulders. At night, it climbs on boulders to feed on limu. Kūpe’e are harvested at night when they are feeding, preferably when there is little or no moon. They can “hear” noise and will fall off rocks to hide if disturbed by loud noises or talking.
*Cruelty free
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