Shells as evidence of the migration of early culture

Related Titles

Series: Publications of the University of Manchester, no. CXII

Series: Publications of the University of Manchester. Ethnological ser, no. II

By

Jackson, J. Wilfrid (John Wilfrid)

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Manchester, University Press, 1917

Notes

Reprinted, with additions, from the Proceedings of the Manchester literary and philosophical society.

Contents: Preface.--Introduction.--The geographical distribution of the shell-purple industry.--Shell-trumpets and their distribution in the Old and New World.--The geographical distribution of the use of pearls and pearl-shell.--The use of cowry-shells for the purposes of currency, amulets, and charms.--Appendix.--Bibliography.--Index.

On verso of t.-p.: Publications of the University of Manchester. no. CXII.

Subjects

Cowries , Musical instruments, Prehistoric , Pearls , Purpura , Shells

Call Number

CB151 .J3

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13090
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/18014516
OCLC: 1409546
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51406186