Vintage 1961 carved Cowrie shell whale Aloha Hawaii Lisianski Island Papa Apoho

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Vintage 1961 carved Cowrie shell whale Aloha Hawaii Lisianski Island Papa Apoho
Lisianski Island - Papa Apoho, the limestone island that is a cap of an old volcano with a shallow reef. It's a bit of a distance from the main Hawaiian islands, uninhabited and people rarely go there. Anything from that island is an absolute rarity to own.
Condition: It looks like it was carved too thin and there is a crack. The red enamel paint on the inside seeped through the crack seen at the base of the whale's tail. There are many little cracks all around the shell too. Besides that, this has to be a very rare Hawaiian carving from this island.
It looks like it is signed 'Fua A Tou' or 'Pua A Tou'.
Measures around 3" long.
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