Pachydesma shells used as utensils 190 in manufacture of beads 226 ornaments 261 pendants 209 Palmer, E., Collections by 303 Parkman, Francis, on the use of wampum 247 Pearls perforated for beads 225 used by Powhatan 232 Pecten shells used as implements 206 ornaments 189, 261 rattles 190, 206 vessels 189 in art 189 Pectunculus shells, Manufacture of rings from 263 Pendants, Beads used as 230 , Classification of 255, 207 , Engraved 267, 305 , Forms and sizes of 255, 258, 261, 263 , Historic use of 255, 268 illustrated by Lafitau 257 in De Bry 257 Mexican paintings 257 sculptures of Mexico and Yucatan 258 , Importance of, in evolution of art 255 of shell 209, 255 the Atlantic coast 258 , Origin of use of 255 , Ornamental notching of edges of 262 , Perforations of 255, 261 , Plain, of the Pacific coast 260 Atlantic coast 258 , Various uses of 255, 261, 267 Penn, J. G., describes Penn belt 259 Perforated tablets. _See_ Tablets. Perforations of objects of shell 216, 220, 223, 227, 236, 262 Perkins, G. H., Shell beads illustrated by 224 Perrine, F. M., Shell gorgets belonging to 270 Pins, cut from body of shell 216 , Examples of 213, 218 made from collumellæ of shell 213, 218 obtained from mounds 213, 218 of shell 213, 218 , Use of bone 217 , problematicals 213, 217 Potter, W. B., Shell gorget owned by 299, 303 Powell, J. W., Nose ornament collected by 227 , Shell disk collected by 273 spoon collected by 199 , Spider myth obtained by 286 Powers, Stephen, describes shell beads 239 ornaments 233 Pratt, H. W., on shell money 239 Pratz, Lepage du, describes shell ornaments 232 Putnam, F. W., describes bone pins 217 shell fish-hooks 209 gorgets 276, 282, 295 pins 218 spoons 195 vessels 196 , on use of asphaltum 227 value of Haliotis shells 191