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Kōrero: Shellfish

A shell trumpet

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A shell trumpet

Shell trumpets or pūtara were constructed from the shells of Charonia lampas, New Zealand’s largest sea snails, or from washed-up triton shells (C. tritonis).

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: F.005479/12

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Maggy Wassilieff, Shellfish – Food and other uses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/8040/a-shell-trumpet (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.