VIII EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
PEATE LX: 
FIGURE 1.—Carving an incised pattern, Rangpur. 
FIGURE 2.—Sharpening an engraving saw, Dinajpur. 
PLATE X. 
FIGURE 1,—Rubbing down Cinnabar (Hingol) to colour lacquer red, Dinajpur. 
FIGURE 2. 
Lacquering marriage bangles, Dinajpur. 
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Figure 1.—Rest used when finishing off an inlaid lacquer pattern, Dinajpur. 
Ficurr 2.—Making children’s feeding spouts from chank shells, Karimanal, near 
Pulicat (Madras). 
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A selection of chank-bangle patterns current in Bengal at the present time. 
Figs. A to I. 
PLATE XIII. 
Pattern reconstruction of some of the ancient bangles in the Foote Collection s 
for comparison with modern patterns on Plate XII. 
PLATE XIV. 
Some further pattern reconstructions of ancient bangles in the Foote Collection. 
PLATE XV. 
FIGUREs 1 and 2,—Sinistral chanks (Valampuri sankhu) respectively in the Shank 
Narayan and Lakshmi Temples, Bét, Kathiawar. 
PLATE XVI, 
Ficures rand 2,—Gold-mounted sinistral chanks belonging to the Puttigé mutt, 
Udipi, South Canara. 
FIGURE 3.—Silver-mounted sinistral chank from Jaffna, Ceylon. 
PLATE XVII 
Ficure 1.—A chank, handsomely mounted in brass, used in the temple services, 
Udipi, South Canara. 
FIGURE 2.—A Malayali pilgrim to the Palni shrine in Madura district. 
He carries and blows a chank to attract attention, together with an arch- 
shaped kavadi and bunch of peacock feathers. The belt he wears was pre- 
sented to him by the temple authorities as a mark of esteem for several 
pilgrimages completed, 
PLATE XVIII. 
Figure 1.—Group of Kalladi Cherumans wearing necklaces of so-called chank- 
rings. 
FIGURE 2.—Chank-fishing canoes on the beach at Tuticorin. 
