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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 179-306Holmes, William Henry

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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

Name: 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
Author: Holmes, William Henry

Holmes, William Henry

Indian art; Indians -- Antiquities

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                                  SHELL.
  ----------+------------+-----+---+-----+---+------+-------------------
     [A]    |     [B]    | [C] |[D]| [E] |[F]| [H]  |
  ----------+------------+-----+---+-----+---+------+-------------------
  Pl. LIV   |N. M., 32060|Tenn.| 3 |   6 |13 |340(?)|Three central
            |            |     |   |     |   |      |      perforations.
  Pl. LV, 1 |P. M., 15247| do  | 4 |   8 |14 |      |
  Pl. LVI, 1|J. Jones    | do  | 3 |   9 |14 |      |Three incisions.
  Pl. LVI, 3|P. M., 11801| do  | 3 |   6 |13 |      |
  Pl. LVI, 4|P. M., 15969| do  | 3 |Plain|13 |      |Unfinished (?)
            |P. M., 15896| do  | 3 |   8 |17 |      |
            |P. M.       | do  | 3 |   6 |16 |      |
            |P. M., 15906| do  | 3 |   8 |13 |100(?)|Two central
            |            |     |   |     |   |      |      perforations.
            |P. M., 15835| do  | 3 |   6 |14 |250(?)|
            |P. M., 15916| do  | 3 |   6 |18 |      |Three crescent
            |            |     |   |     |   |      |      perforations.
            |N. M., 19976| do  | 3 |   7 | 6 |      |
            |N. M., 19975| do  | 3 |   7 |15 |280(?)|
  ----------+------------+-----+---+-----+---+------+-------------------
                                  STONE.
  ----------+------------+-----+---+-----+---+------+-------------------
  Pl. LVII,1|N. M., 9334 |Ga.  |   |Plain| 9 |      |
  Pl. LVII,2|P. M., 2962 | do  |   |  do |12 |      |Cross in center.
  Pl. LVII,3|N. Y. Nat.  | do  |   |  do |24 |      |
            |    Hist. M.|     |   |     |   |      |
            |N. M., 9332 | do  |   |  do |21 |      |
  Pl. LXVI  |N. M.       |Ala. |   |  do |17 |      |Serpent, obverse.
            |Anderson    |Miss.|   |  do |18 |      |Serpent, center.
  ----------+------------+-----+---+-----+---+------+-------------------
  N. M., National Museum.            P. M., Peabody Museum.

THE BIRD.

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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 179-306Holmes, William Henry

History

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

Holmes, William Henry

Indian art; Indians -- Antiquities

----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  SHELL.
  ----------+------------+-----+---+-----+---+------+-------------------
     [A]    |     [B]    | [C] |[D]| [E] |[F]| [H]  |
  ----------+------------+-----+---+-----+---+------+-------------------
  Pl. LIV   |N. M., 32060|Tenn.| 3 |   6 |13 |340(?)|Three central
            |            |     |   |     |   |      |      perforations.
  Pl. LV, 1 |P. M., 15247| do  | 4 |   8 |14 |      |
  Pl. LVI, 1|J. Jones    | do  | 3 |   9 |14 |      |Three incisions.
  Pl. LVI, 3|P. M., 11801| do  | 3 |   6 |13 |      |
  Pl. LVI, 4|P. M., 15969| do  | 3 |Plain|13 |      |Unfinished (?)
            |P. M., 15896| do  | 3 |   8 |17 |      |
            |P. M.       | do  | 3 |   6 |16 |      |
            |P. M., 15906| do  | 3 |   8 |13 |100(?)|Two central
            |            |     |   |     |   |      |      perforations.
            |P. M., 15835| do  | 3 |   6 |14 |250(?)|
            |P. M., 15916| do  | 3 |   6 |18 |      |Three crescent
            |            |     |   |     |   |      |      perforations.
            |N. M., 19976| do  | 3 |   7 | 6 |      |
            |N. M., 19975| do  | 3 |   7 |15 |280(?)|
  ----------+------------+-----+---+-----+---+------+-------------------
                                  STONE.
  ----------+------------+-----+---+-----+---+------+-------------------
  Pl. LVII,1|N. M., 9334 |Ga.  |   |Plain| 9 |      |
  Pl. LVII,2|P. M., 2962 | do  |   |  do |12 |      |Cross in center.
  Pl. LVII,3|N. Y. Nat.  | do  |   |  do |24 |      |
            |    Hist. M.|     |   |     |   |      |
            |N. M., 9332 | do  |   |  do |21 |      |
  Pl. LXVI  |N. M.       |Ala. |   |  do |17 |      |Serpent, obverse.
            |Anderson    |Miss.|   |  do |18 |      |Serpent, center.
  ----------+------------+-----+---+-----+---+------+-------------------
  N. M., National Museum.            P. M., Peabody Museum.

THE BIRD.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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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