Title Spirals from the sea : an anthropological look at shells / Jane Fearer Safer and Frances McLaughlin Gill ; designed by Betty Binns

Edition First edition Published New York : C.N. Potter : distributed by Crown, [1982] New York : C.N. Potter : distributed by Crown, 1982 ©1982 ©1982

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Description 192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 x 26 cm Contents Shells in daily life -- Shells as wealth -- Shells as emblems of status -- Shells in ritual and myth Summary Includes references to use by, and ritual significance of shells to, Aboriginal Australians Notes "Published in association with the American Museum of Natural History." Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 184-189 Subject Shellcraft. Shells -- Social aspects. Author Gill, Frances McLaughlin. LC no. 80025923 ISBN 0517540363

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