Index—continued. 
Ranella-shells. As trumpets, 40. 
Scriptures. Purple mentioned in, 7, 11; 
pearls mentioned in, 82. 
Seed-pearls. See Pearls. 
Shell God. See God in the Shell. 
Shell-purple. See Purple dye. 
Shell-money. See Cowries. 
Shell-mounds, British Isles, 15, 16; 
Chile, 26; Japan, 19; Mediterranean, 
6, 9-13. 
Shells regarded as the birth-place of 
human beings, 65-67, 176-177; re- 
garded as the dwelling place of the 
deity, 44, 64-66, 177, 202. 
Shell-trumpets. Cave discoveries of, 
3, 34-35, 82; on coins, 30; refer- 
ences in Classics to, 30, 32; as war- 
signals, 30, 33, 39, 41, 44-40, 197- 
199, 202, 204; in religious ceremonies, 
32, 33> 35-36, 44-45, 47-51, 54, 66, 
198-201; at marriage ceremonies, 32, 
37; in summoning the divinity, 34, 
Bis, Fall, iG y/5 S00) harvest rites, 36-37, 
49-51, 54, 198-201; in devil-driving, 
36, 37, 41, 43, 198; at eclipses and 
earthquakes, 36, 198; at death cere- 
Moniess S71 1Go) 40, 445. 190; 1 
foundations of old houses in Ponape, 
201. See also Initiation, Kava drink- 
ing, Head-hunting, etc. 
Shell-trumpets. Shells used tor: 
Buccinum, 32; Cassis, 38; Cassis 
cornuta, 40, 43, 51; Cassis tubero- 
sum, 39; Fusus, 39; Fusus probo- 
scidiferus, 40; Fasciolaria gigantea, 
50, 51; Fasciolaria princeps, 50; 
203: Murex (Phyllonotus) radix, 
49, 50; Murex trunculus, 35; 
Pterocera, 38; Ranella lampas, 40; 
Strombus, 40; Strombus galeatus, 
48, 49, 203; Strombus gigas, 47; 
Strombus goliath, 48; Strombus 
maximus, 198; Triton nodiferus, 
30, 32-34; Triton tritonis, 39-45, 
197-202; TJurbinella pyrum (the 
Chank), 35-38, 53-55; Zzurbinella 
scolymus, 50. 
Shell-trumpets.” Use of: America, 
Central, 47, 203; America, North, 
48-49; Brazil, 48; British Isles, 32; 
Ceylon, 38; China, 38-39, 203; Cor- 
SICH, 3350 Crete; al4.wi335) 2045) Iba’, 
33; France, 33; Greece, 30; India, 
35-38, 53-55, 203; Indonesia, 39-41, 
197-201, 203; Italy, 14, 32; Japan, 
215 
39, 203; Laccadive 
Madagascar, 197; Melanesia, 41-43, 
204; Mexico, 49-53; Micronesia, 46; 
Peru, 46, 48, 203-204; Philippines, 
40; Polynesia, 41, 44-46, 197, 201I- 
203; Russia, 32; Sicily, 32-33; Siam, 
375) hibete ss: 
Siva, Hindu god. Chank shell associa- 
ted with, 53. 
Snail-shells. Pregnancy associated with, 
2, 54, 56; superstitious reverence 
of, 
+ Snail-stones.” 92. 
Strombus-shells, in Egyptian graves. 
197; as trumpets, 40, 47-49, 198. 
203; pearls found in, go, note 56. 
Superstitious reverence of shell-trumpets,, 
Islands, 38; 
44, 66; of pearls, 70, 81, 86-87, 92, 
100-103; of snail-shells, 92. 
Tecciztecatl, Mexican Moon _ God. 
Conch-shell associated with, 52, 50; 
compared with Vishnu, 53-55; com- 
pared with Maya Moon God, 56. 
Tlaloc, Mexican Rain God.  Conch- 
shell associated with, 52, 54, 573 
compared with Varuna, the Hindu 
god of the waters, 54; compared 
with Chac, the Maya Rain God, 57; 
claimed as equivalent to the Vedic 
god, Indra, 58. 
Tonatiuh, Mexican Sun God, associated 
with fasting man _ blowing _ shell- 
trumpet, 51. 
Tortoise, The. Anthropomorphic figures 
of, 56; Vishnz associated with, 59- 
60; Maya gods associated with, 60; 
Japanese god associated with, 63; 
Chinese symbol for, 181-182; used 
for divination, 182. 
Tortoise-shells. As currency, 130, 178- 
182. 
Totemism and shell-trumpets, 42. 
Triton, Neptune’s trumpeter, with conch, 
30. 
Triton-shells. As symbols on Tyrian 
coins, 5; in caves, 13, 34-35; as 
trumpets, 30, 32-34, 39-45, 197-202; 
on Minoan seals, 33-34; as designs 
on Mycenean pottery, 34; clay models 
of, 34; in Minoan Sanctuaries, 35; 
in Egyptian graves, 196-197; on 
ceremonial poles in New Caledonia, 
202} 
Tridacna-shells. Pearls found in, xii; 
axes and other tools made from, xii. 
