Beauty From the Sea
N interesting thing I have been told about the paua shell is that most beaches have their own particular type and colour. In some of the bays around Wellington the pinky shade is predominant, while down at Kaikoura, blue and mauve colours ate found, and on other beaches the shells are all greentinted. Although many of the pauas are picked up
off the sands, they are often battered about by the waves, and the best specimens are taken from the rocks, One has to approach the pauas very quietly and scoop them suddenly from the rocks with a sharp tool, If the fish inside the shell are frightened by a noise, they clamp so desperately to the rocks that it is almost impossible to shift them. The Maoris have used the
shell extensively for decorating the figures carved on their pas. Next time you see a tiki’s eyes glittering at you from a native gateway, remember the opal-tinted paua. (Phyllis Anchor, " Speaking Personally: Beauty from the Sea," 2Y A, October 3.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 69, 18 October 1940, Page 5
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175Beauty From the Sea New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 69, 18 October 1940, Page 5
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