1/4 S//eI/s as evidence of tlie I\Iigiaiious. 



of C. aruiulus are strung on strips of randanus leaf, the 

 whole hangiiii]^ down from a neck string in front of the 

 chest. Schmeltz {oh. eit., pp, 23 et set/.), also cites the 

 use of C. it/^/zs and C\ Ivii.v as breast-ornaments, and 

 C. vioneta on hip-strings in X.E. New Guinea ; C. inoueta 

 on arm band, C. nniiHl/is as leg- and shield-ornaments in 

 S.E. Xew Guinea ; and C. moiieta as ankle-ornament in 

 X.W. New Ciuinea. 



In the Philip})incs, according to Schmeltz (op. af.), 

 C. annnlus is used as a neck-ornament, as decoration for 

 the coat-of-mail f)f the Moro, and as the eyes of ancestor- 

 images. 



According to I'ickering the cowry was formerl\- in use 

 as money in the Hawaiian Islands. He says'": "An 

 estimable and intelligent Hawaiian lad\' gave me the 

 following particulars res[)ccting former customs : . . . 

 Money was certainly k-nown, for with a string of cowries 

 iCypnca moneto) it was jiossible to buy any article wanted. 

 Specimens of the same shell that were finer than usual, 

 having a high polish and dce[) yellow colour, were 

 extravagantly valued, and could only be worn b}' the 

 highest chiefs, who also exclusively [possessed wooden 

 calabashes." In the Vancouver collection, British IMuseum, 

 are I.eis of Cypnca vio)ieta from these islands.''"' 



In Oahii, Hawaii Islands, a large covvr)-, Cypnea 

 Dianyitiana, is attached to fishing-nets in order to ensure 

 success. Specimens of this are in the K. D. Darbi- 

 shire collection, Manchester Museum. The stone (lava) 

 "net-sinkers" of Oahu are curiousl}^ enough all modelled 

 after this shell, being rough)}- carved with a high round 

 back and flat base, with a groove for the attachment of a 

 cord. 



'•"'^ rickerint;, " Kacesof Www " (l!olin's Ed), 1S63, quoted \>\ .Siearns, 

 op. ill., p. 303. 



'"" '• ISernice I'anahi Bisliop Musi-mn," llonululu {189S-1902), Report 



