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
Holmes, William Henry
Indian art; Indians -- Antiquities
Cabeça de Vaca on trade in shells 194
Cabrillo, João, visits Island of Santa Rosa 260
Calendars, Pictographic symbols of the Sioux 279
, Probable use of shell disks as 268, 273, 278
used by ancient Mexicans 279
modern tribes 279
Carr, Lucien, describes shell gorget 295
Cassis shells used as vessels 191, 194, 196
Catlin, George, describes shell adze 205
Celts, Examples of 203
, Manufacture of 203
of shell 203, 205
Clam shells used as implements 190, 205, 207
utensils 190
in manufacture of ornaments 263
wampum 190, 226, 238, 257
Clark, J. S., Photographs made by 252
Clavigero, F. X., on use of shell ornaments 256
vessels in Mexico 193
Cleveland, F., describes shell vessels 197
Columellæ, Manner of extracting, from shell 214
used in manufacture of heads 219, 223
pins 213, 218
Conant, A. J., describes shell gorgets 300
, mentions shell gorgets 287
Cross design associated with others 270
combined with spider design 288
in Aztec paintings 285
engraved on shell gorgets 268
, Evolution or derivation of the 270
, Examples of the, combined with birds 282, 283
, Examples of the, from mounds 271, 273
, Introduction of the Christian 269
, Occurrence of the, in ancient Mexican art 270
Yucatan 270
, Origin of the, among mound builders 269
, Prehistoric use of the, in America 268, 270
, Symbolic character of the 269
Croswell, C., describes shell gorgets 286
Curtis, Dr., Shell gorgets collected by 283
Cyprea shells used as beads 219
ornaments 263
Dall, W. H., use of pins 217
, Shells identified by 190
Davis, W. H. H., mentions shell pendants 256
Dentalium shells used for money 191, 220, 227, 239
ornament 191, 218, 220, 227
in bushing 218, 227
Disks, Scalloped, probably time symbols 273
, Relation of, to human remains 276
shell, from mounds 275, 278
, Shell gorgets in the shape of 268, 273, 279
stone 277
with engravings of knotted serpents 278
, Table of 280
, The sun suggested by 273
, Type example of 273
; use of sun symbols of similar shape 273
Drake, Daniel, describes shell vessel 197
Dunning, E. O., Shell ornaments collected by 272
pins collected by 215
Ely mound in Virginia 295
Engraved gorgets. (_See_ Gorgets.)
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