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قراءة كتاب Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans Second annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, pages 179-306

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Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans
Second annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, pages
179-306

Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans Second annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, pages 179-306

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ART IN SHELL
OF THE
ANCIENT AMERICANS.

BY
WILLIAM H. HOLMES.


CONTENTS.

  •  Page.
  • Introductory 185
  • Implements and utensils 189
  • Unworked shells 189
  • Vessels 192
  • Spoons 198
  • Knives 201
  • Celts 203
  • Scrapers 205
  • Agricultural implements 207
  • Fishing appliances 207
  • Weapons 210
  • Tweezers 211
  • Ornaments 213
  • Pins 213
  • Beads 219
  • Perforated shells 219
  • Discoidal beads 221
  • Massive beads 223
  • Tubular beads 226
  • Runtees 228
  • Beads as ornaments 230
  • Beads as currency 234
  • Mnemonic use of beads 240
  • Pendants 255
  • Perforated plates 264
  • Engraved gorgets 267
  • The cross 268
  • The scalloped disk 273
  • The bird 280
  • The spider 286
  • The serpent 289
  • The human face 293
  • The human figure 297

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Page.
Plate XXI.— Natural shells as vessels 192
XXII.— Vessels artificially shaped

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