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