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15. Pearl. 



Pearls aBid nacre (embracing the pearl-yielding shells, with the 

 pearls and the mother-o'-pearl in the rough stat«, with the manufac- 

 tured buttons, handles, and jewelry, pearl-powder, inlaid work, and 

 papier-mache, ornamented with mother-o'-pearl. 



Top-shells {Turbimdcv), and their application to manufacture of- 

 shell-flowers.' 



Tower-shells {Trocliidcc)} 



Ear-shells {Ilallotidce), used in manufacture of buttons, handles, 

 inlaid work, and pearl powder.' 



Other gasetrojiods supjDlying nacre.' 



Pearl-oysters {AvicuUdw), with pearls and nacre.' 



Biver-mussels ( Unionidw), with pearls and nacre.' 



Mussels, oysters, and other conchifers supplying pearls and nacre.^ 



Shells of nautilus and argonaut, jirepared to exhibit their nacre.' 



Ornamental pearl-work, imitating sprays of flowers, &c.' 



Imitation pearls.' 



16. Shell. 

 Cameo sheM,' 



Shell of conch {Strombus gigas), and carvings.' 

 Shell of helmet {Cassis ritfa, C. tuberosa, and C. madagascariensis), 

 with carvings.' 



IShelli^ Ui^ed for issiplesneimts, &c.' 



Shells of Strombus, Triton, Dolium, Fusus, Murex, and Buceinum, 

 used for fog-horns, lamps, vases, and ornamental borders in flower- 

 gardens.' 



Shells of Busy con, Sycotypus, Mactra, &c., used by Indians in manu- 

 facture of implements, wdth specimens of implements.' 



Shells of Mactra, used for ladles, scoops, and spoons by fishermen.' 



Shells of Tridacua, used for vases, fountains, and in the manufac- 

 ture of handles and carvings.' 

 ' Shells of Fecten, Haliotis, Dentalium, Mcrcenaria, &c., used by In- 

 dians for trimmings and ornaments.' 



Shells of Fecten, used in making pin-cushions and purses.' 



Shells of Mcrcenaria violacea, Furpura Japillus, and Buccinum unda- 

 turn, used by Indians of eastern coast in manufacture of money, 

 with specimens of wampum (with the modern wampum or shell- 

 beads, manufactured for the Indian trade), and of the hyqua or 

 Dentalium shells, employed in a similar manner by the Indians of 

 the Pacific coast.' 



Specimens of the cowry {Cypraea moneta), "live cowry" and dead 

 cowry, used in African trade and for trimmings.' 



' See in Part II of the present catalogue. 



