The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Value pule

Language:
Samoan
Parameter:
molluscs belonging to the genera Cypraea (cowries) and Ovulum. Cowrie shells are used as sinkers and for making squid lures. Ovulum shells were once widely used for the decoration of bonito canoes [335289b72bcc5197f5b6e58160cae001]
References
Milner 1966