Turbinella, or chank shell of India, fished up by divers in the Gulf of Manaar, on the north-west coast of Ceylon, is exported to India, where it is sawn into rings of various sizes, and worn on the arms, legs, fingers, and toes, by the Hindoos. Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A New and Original Work of Reference to ... - Page 1511896Full view - About this book
| James Cordiner - Cingalese - 1807 - 388 pages
...advantage. These shells, which are of a spiral form, a,re chiefly exported to Bengal, where they are sawed into rings of various sizes, and worn on the arms, legs, fingers and toes of the Hindoos, both male and female. They are, likewise, used entire to sound as a horn at funerals,... | |
| James Cordiner - Malabar - 1807 - 384 pages
...advantage. These shells* which are of a spiral form, are chiefly exported to Bengal, •where they are sawed into rings of various sizes, and worn on the arms, legs, fingers and toes of the Hindoos, both male and female. They are, likewise, used entire to sound as a horn at funerals,... | |
| William Martin Harvard - India - 1823 - 546 pages
...advantage. These shells, which are of a spiral form, are chiefly exported to Bengal; where they are sawed into rings of various sizes, and worn on the arms, legs, fingers and toes, of the Hindoos, both male and female. They are likewise used whole, to sound as a horn at funerals,... | |
| William Milburn - Asia - 1825 - 646 pages
...fathoms water. They are of a spiral form, and are chiefly exported to Bengal, where they are sawed into rings of various sizes, and worn on the arms, legs, fingers, and toes of the Hindoos. A chank opening to the right hand is highly valued by the natives of India, and being... | |
| Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren - Commerce - 1833 - 534 pages
...The chant shells, which are of a spiral form, are chiefly exported to Bengal, where they are sawed into rings of various sizes, and worn on the arms, legs, fingers, and toes of the Hindus, both male and female. They are likewise used entire to sound as a horn at funerals,... | |
| Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren - Greece - 1833 - 530 pages
...The chank shells, which are of a spiral form, are chiefly exported to Bengal, where they are sawed into rings of various sizes, and worn on the arms, legs, fingers, and toes of the Hindus, both male and female. They are likewise used entire to sound as a horn at funerals,... | |
| Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren - Commerce - 1833 - 534 pages
...The chank shells, which are of a spiral form, are chiefly exported to Bengal, where they are sawed into rings of various sizes, and worn on the arms, legs, fingers, and tbes of the Hindus, both male and female. They are likewise used entire to sound as a horn at funerals,... | |
| Encyclopaedias, William Waterston - Commerce - 1843 - 724 pages
...other white ; the latter is of little value. These shells are exported to India, where they are sawed into rings of various sizes, and worn on the arms,...toes by the Hindoos. A third species, opening to the ruht, is rare, and very highly valued. The demand for these shells, caused by the Khgjotu rite« of... | |
| John Craig (F.G.S.) - 1859 - 1150 pages
...other white ; tho latter is of little value. These shells are exported to India, where they are sawed into rings of various sizes, and worn on the arms,...opening to the right, is rare, and very highly valued. Tho demand for these shells, caused by the religions rites of the Hindoos, was formerly so great, that... | |
| John Yeats - Commerce - 1870 - 486 pages
...by divers in the Gulf of Manaar on the north-west coast of Ceylon, is exported to India, where it is sawn into rings of various sizes, and worn on the arms, legs, fingers, and toes, by the Hindoos. The demand for these shells is caused by the religious rites of the Hindoos, and some choice specimens... | |
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