Index—continued. 
Kava drinking and shell-trumpets, 41- 
42. 
Krishna. An incarnation of Vishnu, 
59; discovery of pearls attributed 
to, 87; Panchajanya, conch-shell 
trumpet of, 59. 
Kurma, tortoise incarnation of Vishz2:, 
59-60, 63. 
Laconian Purple, 12. 
Marine pearls. See Pearls. 
Marriage. Shell-trumpets associated 
with, 32, 37; pearls ditto, 70, 81- 
82; cowries ditto, 127, 142, 145-146, 
MG Ge eS 7 ek OA 72 
Matsya, fish incarnation of Vishnu, 
58-59, 195. ; 
Maya gods. Shells associated with, 
55-58, 68; compared with Hindu 
gods, 58-61, with Aztec gods, 56-57; 
tortoise associated with, 60. See 
also Chac. 
Maya manuscripts. 
55-58. | 
Maya Rain and Moon God. See Chac. 
Medicine. See Pearls; also Pearl-shell. 
Megalithic Culture. Purple associated 
Wwithhen MAs) 25555 127-285 72> shell= 
trumpets associated with, 14, 25, 27, 
29, 72; pearls associated with, 14, 
Zee2 7029s 72) Fiz (903 (cowries 
associated with, 74. 
Mexican manuscripts. 
in, 25-26; 
50-55- 
Mexican Moon God. See Tecciztecatl. 
Mexican Rain God. See Ylaloc. 
Minoans. Invention of purple dye 
attributed to, 9; shell-trumpets used 
by, 33-35; 61; shell-trumpets figured 
on seals of, 33-34;  shell-trumpets 
found in Sanctuaries of, 35. 
Money-cowry, The. Regarded as sacred 
by North American Indians, 184-186; 
found in N. American mounds, 186- 
190. See also Cowries. 
Moon, The. Conch-shell as emblem of, 
52: influence of, on women, 52, 69, 
on crops, 53, on shell-fish, 68-69; 
Hindu god of, 53-55; Aztec god of, 
56; Maya god of, 57; Japanese god 
Os) 162% 
Mother-of-Pearl. See Pearl-shells. 
Mummified shell-fish found in Egypt, 
208, 
Shells figured in, 
Purple dye used 
shell -trumpets figured in, 
213 
Murex-shells. Purple dye obtained 
from, 5-6, 9, 12-14; used as symbol 
on Tyrian coins, 5, 195; used as 
trumpets, 35, 49-50. 
Mycenzan use of 7ri/on as ornament, 
34- 
Mytilus-shells. Pearls found in, 89, 
108. 
Ovulum ovum (Indo-Pacific shell). In 
Gothlandic tomb, 134; as canoe 
ornament in the Pacific Islands, 175, 
201; associated with use of shell- 
trumpets, 199-200; JMofo, the Mailu 
name for, 200; in “ pig-magic’’ in 
New Guinea, 200; Raiatean legend 
of its association with the god Tan- 
garoa, 202; on /7iton poles in New 
Caledonia, 202. 
Ovulum  verrucosum (Indo - Pacific 
shell). In Californian graves, 192; 
as an amulet in Pacific Islands, 192; 
rubbed down on back like money- 
cowry, 192; as ornament of witch- 
craft packets in New Caledonia, 201. 
Panchajana. 59. 
Panchajanya. 59. 
Pearls. Megalithic Culture associated 
With; ) 04> (25,727,120, 7250 774) GOs 
commerce in, 70, 72, 77, 88-89, 93- 
95; 97-99, 107-109, I12-I113, 120; 
superstitious reverence of, 70, 81, 
86-87, 92, 100-103: medicinal use of, 
70; 89; 91, LOL; ‘said to) be icon= 
gealed dew-drops, 70, 72, 81, 85, 
90, 120; as symbols of purity, 70; 
Phoenician influence and the ap- 
preciation of, 72-73, 76, 79, 82, 84- 
85, 95, 97-99; artificial production 
of, 73, 104-106, 113; references in 
Classics) fos 745 77) Sl. Oss o7-o6s 
93-94, 96, 104; as earrings, 75, 
78-81, 87-88, 100, I15, 119-120; 
influence of thunderstorms on _ breed- 
ing of, 77; in nose-rings, 78, 80, 
120; solar origin attributed to. 78: 
on coins, 79-80, 83: drilling of, 80, 
86-87, 89, 101, 106. 112-117; refer- 
ences in Scriptures to, 82: colour 
of, 83, 86-87, 94, 106; discovery 
of, attributed to Avishna, 87; as 
eyes for idols, 87; associated with 
sharks, 88, 104; in making lime, 89, 
91, 93-94: placed in mouth of dead, 
89-90, I00-I0I, 106, I14, 204; as 
