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The Tewa were familar with mollusks hvmg m theu* own. country, 

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

 for ceremonial or other purposes. 



The general name for fresh-water snails is 'oie, a word a})plied also 

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



Slugs are called puise', a name which is applied to any wormJike 

 animal. (See under the discussion of msects, 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: 'ohe pr'i'*', 

 'red shell' Coie, shell; pi', red); 'ofee t'igiydi''^, 'flat shell' i^dbe, shell; 

 fig.iy, flat and roundish); 'oiemapi'i'\ ' spiral shell ' {'oie, shell; mapi, 

 spiral, twisted); 'of>e ^a''i'% 'thick shell' {'ote, shell; ha', thick); 

 'oie ho''i'\ 'rough shell' {'dbe, shell; Ico', rough); 'dbe pa''i'\ 'rough 

 shell with surface cracked' ('ote, shell; pa', cracked, chapped); 

 'obe yw^''i'^, 'spiny shell' ('obe, shell; ywse,' , spiny, spine; spiky, 

 spike, thorny, thorn). To pectens the term ^obe liege wig^wige'i'^ 

 'shell wavy with little grooves' (^obe, shell; Jheg.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 piiyw^ 

 sa^'ywi'i'^, 'beautiful zigzagged shell' {'obe, shell; 2?^7?iy^, beautiful to 

 look at; sse'ywi, zigzagged, zigzag) is applied. 



The abalone shell is called 'eji. This is the kind of shell which the 

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

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

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

 called 'ejisse'sewe, 'abalone vessel' ('eji, abalone; ss^'s^we, bowl-shaped 

 vessel). Abalone shells are frequently referred to with accompanying 

 color-denoting adjectives. Thus 'eji fs^''i'\ 'white abalone shell' 

 i'eji, abalone shell; fssB', white) ; 'eji tsQ'ywse''i'\ 'blue or green abalone 

 shell' Ceji, abalone shell; tsd'yws^', blue, green); 'eji fse'tcl'qydi'^, 

 'yellow painted abalone shell' ('eji, abalone shell; tee*, yellow; ta'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 'ejilcwa'a, 'abalone beads' {'eji, abalone; Tcwa'a, bead). 



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

 adjectives are often added. The term 'oga 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 



