Writer Osha Gray Davidson relates that a number of island cultures trace their origins to the sea turtle.

In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array