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
Face, Human, Description of shell gorgets representing the 294
engraved and carved on shell gorgets 293, 297
modeled in clay 296
, Portions of shell used for representing 293
, Use or significance of shell gorgets representing 295
Fain's Island mound 215, 272, 288
Farquharson, B. J., describes shell vessel 197
Fasciolaria shells, Columellæ of, used for pins 213
used as vessels 194
Figure, Human. (_See_ Human figure.)
Fishing appliances, Shell 207
; hooks 208
, Manufacture of 210
; sinkers 208
Fissurella shells used as ornaments 191, 220, 261, 263
Frey, S. L., describes shell vessel 198
Gilpin, H. D., on the use of wampum belts 246
Gorgets, Engraved, Classification of 267
design on, character of 267
described by Beverly 256
, Modern examples of 268
of shell 267, 305
, Significance of designs on 267, 274, 278, 282
used as amulets 267
insignia 267, 273
symbols 268, 273
totems 268
Grave Creek mound 234, 264
Gray's mound, Oldtown, Tenn. 283
Gumilla, Joseph, concerning emblems in treaties 247
Hafting of implements of shell 203, 205, 211
Haldemann, S. S., describes shell beads 227, 230
Haliotis shells used as vessels 189, 191
in manufacturing beads 225, 227
fish hooks 209
pendants 209, 261
trade 191
Heckewelder, Johann, describes shell tweezers 212
wampum belts 250
, on the use of wampum belts 246
Hennite shells used in manufacture of beads 225, 227
Hilder, F. F., describes shell gorgets 286, 288, 303
, photographs of gorgets procured by 286
Human figure engraved on shell gorgets 297
, Comparison of, with other
examples 302
southern
examples 301
Hunter, J. D., concerning emblems in treaties 247
Hutchinson, Thomas, on the antiquity of wampum 235
Implements of shell, Agricultural 207
Insignia or badges of shell 264, 266, 273
Jones, C. C., describes shell pins 215
vessel 196
stone disks 277
, mentions shell gorgets 287, 293, 298
Jones, Joseph, describes shell disk 276
gorgets 297
spoons 201
vessel 196
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