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and chisel and then the resultant middle section is ground down 

 laboriously upon a stone. 



Except a hammer, a chisel, and a lile used to smooth the edges, 

 no other tool is employed. These rings, known as stifign modiram, 



Fig. iS. -A Cone-Shkli. 



Fig. iq. -The moitled Winc;- 

 SHEI.I. {StroDihns canariiuii) x i. 



are extensively used as finger rings throughout the Tamil country 

 as a specific against skin eruptions. In the Malabar and South 

 Kanara districts certain classes of the poor population — Pulayas, 

 Holayas and some Mukkuvans — use these rings in the making of 

 necklaces for their women and children. 



Fig. 20.- a LiMl'ET AllACHED TO A KOCKY SUUEACK. 



Limpets— (Patella spp.). 

 Tamil — Unai (e^^w), Covelong, Chingleput district. 

 Wherever fairly smooth-surfaced rocks are exposed to surf 



