EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



PLATE I (FRONTISPIECE). 



Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Sinistral chanks respectively in the Satya Bhamaji, Shank Narayan, and Lakshmi 

 Temples, Bet, Kathiawar. 



PLATE II. 



Figs. 1 and 2. Immature chanks (Turbinella pyrum) from Okhamandal ; both sh'ow persistence of the 



protoconch. 



Fig 3. Adult chank from Okhamandal. 

 Fig. 4. Elongated variety from the Andaman Islands. Also two very young individuals with protoconch 



well shown. 



PLATE III. 



Fig. 1. Group of Cheruman Women wearing necklaces of so-called chank-rings. 

 Fig. 2. Under a banyan tree. Selling chank shells to pilgrims returning from Bet. 



PLATE IV. 



Fig. 1. Sectioning chank shells in a Dacca workshop. 



Fig. 2. Sharpening a chank saw, Dacca. 



Fig. 3. Breaking away the remains of the septum from a sawn chank circle (working section). 



Fig. 4. Rubbing down the inner surface of a working section, Dinajpur, Bengal. 



PLATE V. 



Fig. 1. Carving an incised pattern, Rangpur. 



Fig. 2. Sharpening an engraving saw, Dinajpur. 



Fig. 3. Forming a simple ridge pattern by rubbing down the sections on a stone, Rangpur, Bengal. 



Fig. 4. Rubbing down Cinnabar (Hingol) to colour lacquer red, Dinajpur. 



PLATE VI. 



Fig. 1. Lacquering marriage bangles, Dinajpur. 



Fig. 2. Rest used when finishing off an inlaid lacquer pattern, Dinajpur. 



Fig. 3. Chank-shell waste from ancient bangle factory sites at Korkai, Kayal and Tuticorin (two upper 



rows) compared with modern waste pieces from Dacca (bottom row, where a working section 



is also shown). 

 Fig. 4. Making children's feeding spouts from chank shells, Karimanal, near Pulicat (Madras). 



PLATE VII. 

 Pattern reconstruction of some of the ancient bangles in the Foote Collection, Madras Museum. 



REFERENCES. 



The two most frequently quoted works in this Report being : 



THUBSTON, EDGAR. "The Castes and Tribes of South India," 7 Vols., Madras, 1909, and 

 RISI.EY, H. H. "The Tribes and Castes of Bengal," 2 Vols., 1891, . 



references thereto arc abbreviated to the author's name followed by the number of the volume and the 

 page therein quoted, eg., Thurston, II. p. 21. 



