2004年1月1日 · Excavation profile and stratigraphy at Sokoli, Dauar Island. Example of fracturing patterns on excavated Spider conch shells (Lambis lambis). Illustrates a whole shell (top) and specimens...

Shellfish such as clams, trochus, pipis, oysters, cockles, mussels and spider shells were collected from the shallow waters. Barbs of fishing spears, made of bone, stingray and wallaby incisor teeth, split to form a toothed scraper, have been found in middens.

The Lambis-Lambis white 'spider shell' is from the Torres Strait Island region. It is a stand alone piece that looks great sitting on a pile of magazines or in the bathroom on the basin. Size: We have two sizes (body size only)

The Lambis-Lambis white ‘spider shell’ is from the Torres Strait Island region. It is a stand alone piece that looks great sitting on a pile of magazines or in the bathroom on the basin. Size: We have two sizes (body size only) small- 82-100mm. Large- 108-125cm

Example of fracturing patterns on excavated Spider conch shells (Lambis lambis). Illustrates a whole shell (top) and specimens showing fracturing indicative of cultural processing....

The Strombidae is a small family of medium to large size shells that includes the strombs with a flared lip in genus Strombus, the spider shells in the genus Lambis, shells with a very long anterior canal in Tibia, and a single species of Terebellum.

The Lambis-Lambis white 'spider shell' is from the Torres Strait Island region. It is a stand alone piece that looks great sitting on a pile of magazines or in the bathroom on the basin. Size: We have two sizes (body size only) small- 82-100mm. Large- 108-125cm

Bu (Syrinx aruanus) shell arrangements are often found in ritual sites across Torres Strait. The position of such sites within Indigenous cosmologies has been ethnographic- ally documented for...

Lambis crocata, commonly known as the orange spider conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. (Source: Wikipedia, '', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambis_crocata, CC BY-SA 3.0 .

Pearl-Shellers Of Torres Strait by Regina Ganter - In an ethnically stratified work force, Japanese, South Sea Islander, ... Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal divers brought up from the sea floor the shell that produced mother-of-pearl, and sometimes pearls. Many men died at …