So the shell of Sāngone was brought to Tonga, and was kept as a precious heirloom by successive generations of Tui Tonga. Until Laufilitonga, after becoming a Christian sold it to a vessel, which sold it in Fiji. And when king Maeakafa heard about it, he went to Fiji, searched it and found some of the shell and brought it back to Tonga where it still is (see above). But it is also said that the remainder was used to make a fishhook in possession of Tungī Mailefihi.