. The commercial products of the sea; or, Marine contributions to food, industry and art. Fisheries; Seafood; Commercial products. 288 The Commercial Products of the Sea. CHAPTER XL INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING USES OF SHELLS— Continued. Shell bangles or bracelets, made from the chank or Turbinella species—Re- ligious veneration for the shell—Process of manufacture—The bangles described—Great clam shells used as benitiers—The queen conch, large im- portations of—Uses of nacreous and iridescent shells—Utilization of shells for economic purposes—Shell utensils—Shell flowers—Shell trumpets— Shell
. The commercial products of the sea; or, Marine contributions to food, industry and art. Fisheries; Seafood; Commercial products. 288 The Commercial Products of the Sea. CHAPTER XL INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING USES OF SHELLS— Continued. Shell bangles or bracelets, made from the chank or Turbinella species—Re- ligious veneration for the shell—Process of manufacture—The bangles described—Great clam shells used as benitiers—The queen conch, large im- portations of—Uses of nacreous and iridescent shells—Utilization of shells for economic purposes—Shell utensils—Shell flowers—Shell trumpets— Shell pipes—Pulverized and calcined shells—Ornamental uses of opercula —Dyes from the moUusca—Tyrian purple—Marine silk. Shell Bangles or Bracelets.—Under the commercial name of chanks, the large white, concave, heavy, porcelaneous Fig. Chank shell {Turbinellapyrum). shells of tne Turbinella pyrum, Lam., the Valuta gravis, Lin., and T. rapa, are much prized in India. The shell is ventricose above, pear-shaped, fulvous white, with reddish spots in young Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund), 1814-1897. New York, D. Appleton and company
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