19056
Accession Number
16018
Title Of Article Chaper
The uses of shells by primitive man
Title Of Journal Book
Australian natural history
Volume
15
Pages
70-74
Collation
2 refs.
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The uses of shells by Australian Aborigines and Melanesians as utensils, ornaments, for trade and currency, in music, and inlay decoration are discussed. -- AATA
Keywords
Shell, Aboriginal artefacts, Melanesian artefacts; Shell technology; Australia;Aborigines;Ethnography material analysis AATA
pub_id
19056