Shell-Trumpets and their Distribution. 49 
of trumpets, were found in the course of the excavations 
at Casa Grande, the greater number being obtained on 
the west side of Compound B. All these shells came 
originally from the Pacific coast.” 
G. H. Pepper, in his paper on “ The Exploration of a 
burial-room in Pueblo Bonito, New Mexico,” also records 
the discovery of a shell trumpet, made from Stvomdbuas 
galeatus. Ithad evidently been cracked in use and showed 
signs of repair. Associated with it wasa human skeleton ; 
also Hatiotes shells, and 26 perfect shell bracelets and 15 
fragments. The bracelets, he adds, averaged 8:5 c/m. in 
diameter, and are probably made from Pectuncaulus shells. 
In other parts of the room were further shell bracelets, 
pendants, and beads, of Odzvel/a shells ; also ornaments of 
turquoise and shell mosaic. 
Carl Lumbholtz, in an interesting paper on “Sym- 
bolism of the Huichol Indians,” 
use of a species of J/uver as a trumpet at ceremonies and 
83 
gives us details of the 
feasts. After describing various oth@r objects used at the 
feast of tamales de maiz crudo, he states (p. 185): “At the 
same feast, but only on the eastern side of the river, sea- 
shells are employed as a kind of musical instrument. 
When the heap of ¢amales is dedicated to the gods by the 
shamans, some of the people are appointed to blow into 
such shells five times in the daytime and five times at 
night. This is done as a signal to all the gods. After 
the feast the shells are carried to Mesa del Nayarit, where 
they remain through the wet season, to be afterwards 
brought back again for the next feast of the same kind. 
They ‘are kept in Mesa del Nayarit in a god-house. 
According to tradition, the Chichimecas brought them 
first from that part of the coast where San Blas is to-day.” 
St Putnam Anniversary Volume 1909, p. 226. 
8? This mosaic recalls the beautiful Ye/orcs inlay of Japanese artists. 
83 Mem. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., iii. ; Anthropology, ii., 1900. 
