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The Tewa were familar with mollusks living in their own country, 



id also with shells of mollusks obtained from other tribes and used 

 for ceremonial or other purposes. 



The general name for fresh-water snails is ofie, a word applied also 

 to some kinds of marine mollusks and their shells. (See below.) 



Slugs are called puft% , a name which is applied to any worm! ike 

 animal. (See under the discussion of insects, page 60.) 



Only the shells of marine mollusks are known, although our inform 

 ants had quite a correct idea of what the living animals are like. 



The following terms referring to shells were recorded: ribe pi^i *, 

 red shell ( obe, shell; pi , red); ofje fig.iyffi*, flat shell. ( ribe, shell; 

 t iyiy, flat and roundish); obemapi i *, spiral shell ( obe, shell; mapi, 

 spiral, twisted); obe Jca i H , thick shell ( obe, shell; lea, , thick); 

 obe lco i H , rough shell ( obe, shell; Ico , rough); obe pa i H , rough 

 shell with surface cracked ( obe, shell , t pa , cracked, chapped); 

 obe yws^ i H , spiny shell ( cite, shell; yw% , spiny, spine; spiky, 

 spike, thorny, thorn). To pectens the term dbe Jieg.e wigewigie i *, 

 shell wavy with little grooves ( obe, shell; heg.e, arroyito, rivulet, 

 groove; wig.ewig.e, wavy, undulating, sinuous) is applied. To pectens 

 and also to other bivalves with undulating edge the term obe pyywsfi 

 sse, ywi i H , beautiful zigzagged shell ( obe, shell; py,yw%, beautiful to 

 look at; s%&quot;gwi, zigzagged, zigzag) is applied. 



The ab alone shell is called eji. This is the kind of shell which the 

 Salt Old Woman used as a handkerchief, according to a Santa Clara 

 myth obtained by Miss B. W. Freire-Marreco. The eji which she 

 had was soft as a handkerchief. A large ab alone shell is sometimes 

 called ejisze sewe, ab alone vessel ( eji, abalone; s% %we, bowl-shaped 

 vessel) . Abalone shells are frequently referred to with accompanying 

 color-denoting adjectives. Thus eji && i *] white abalone shell 

 ( ejij abalone shell; is% , white) ; eji tsq- yw% m i i , blue or green abalone 

 shell ( eji, abalone shell; tsq ywzg , blue, green); eji Fse td aydi *, 

 yellow painted abalone shell 7 ( eji f abalone shell; tse , yellow; ty qy, 

 painted) . 



A mussel shell and a razor clam shell were also called eji, how 

 correctly we are not certain. Beads made of abalone shell are 

 called ejikwa a, abalone beads ( eji, abalone; Icwa a, bead). 



Cowrie shells, coffee shells, and the like, are called oga. Descriptive 

 adjectives are often added. The term og.a is also applied to olivella 

 shells, whelk shells, and the like. 



There is some kind of spiral univalve which is called tinini. Inspec 

 tion of large collections of shells with the informants failed to reveal 

 what kind of shell this may be. The tinini are described as being 

 about an inch long. They are worn by the Kosa or Chifonetes on 



