Title
Shells as evidence of the migration of early culture
Related Titles
Series:
Publications of the University of Manchester, no. CXII
Series:
Publications of the University of Manchester. Ethnological ser, no. II
By
Jackson, J. Wilfrid (John Wilfrid)
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Manchester, University Press, 1917
Notes
Reprinted, with additions, from the Proceedings of the Manchester literary and philosophical society.
Contents: Preface.--Introduction.--The geographical distribution of the shell-purple industry.--Shell-trumpets and their distribution in the Old and New World.--The geographical distribution of the use of pearls and pearl-shell.--The use of cowry-shells for the purposes of currency, amulets, and charms.--Appendix.--Bibliography.--Index.
On verso of t.-p.: Publications of the University of Manchester. no. CXII.
Subjects
Cowries
,
Musical instruments, Prehistoric
,
Pearls
,
Purpura
,
Shells
Call Number
CB151 .J3
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13090
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/18014516
OCLC:
1409546
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51406186
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