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
Kalm, Peter, mentions shell knives 202
, on shell money 238
pendants 257
Knight, E. H., describes shell weapons 211
Knives of shell 201
, rarity of, in collections 203
used by Honda Indians 202
Pacific Coast tribes 203
Patagonians 203
Kohl, J. G., on trade in shells 194
Lafitau, J. F., on the use of shell pendants 256
wampum 243
wampum belts 250
Lawson, John, on the use of shell money 237
Le Moyne, d'Iberville, on the use of shell vessels 193
Lewis and Clark describe shell ornaments 233
on value of beads 239
Lick Creek mound 215, 224, 272, 278, 296
Lindström, P., on the use of shell money 236
Lord, J. K., on shell money 239
Loskiel G. H., gives an account of wampum 245
, on the antiquity of use of wampum 235
manufacture of wampum 235
origin of the word wampum 239
wampum belts 250
Low, C. P., Shell spoons collected by 200
described by 200
Lyon, S. S., Shell spoons collected by 200
McMahan mound 214, 292, 294, 298, 301, 303
Manufacture of shell objects 204, 210, 212, 216, 218, 220, 228, 236,
255, 261, 263, 286, 293
Marginella shells used as beads 219
Matson, J. S. B., Beads discovered by 231
, describes shell plates 265
Mnemonic records, Interpretation of 241, 244, 246
, Iroquois keeper of 241, 244
of Mexicans 240
N. A. Indians 240
Peruvians 240
, Origin of 240
, Use of materials other than shell for 245, 247
, Use of wampum for 240, 254
Molina, G. I., concerning emblems in treaties 247
Morgan, L. H., on the antiquity of wampum 235
origin of the word wampum 239
uses of wampum 235
wampum belts 249
records 241
Morton, Thomas, on the use of shell money 236
Myth, Spider, obtained by J. W. Powell 286
Mytilus, shells used as utensils 191, 212
in manufacture of fish hooks 210
ornaments 261
Oliva shells used as beads 219, 222
Olivella shells used as beads 220
Ornaments of shell 213, 305
Osgood, Kate C., Drawings made by 268
Oyster shells used as utensils 191
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