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

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

"Bibliography of other recent memoirs dealing with the theory of the Migration of early culture": p. 209-210

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

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