Hello

Here is a good artical on the net that I found regarding this subject

http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/chank/salsakwa.htm

Thank you
Robert
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From: "David Kirsh" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: Chandrashekhar Phadke Re: Sinistral Conch and Whelk types


>> However getting a specimen directly from a fisherman would be a whole
>> other ballgame... "smuggled", as it's illegal for them to sell ANY
>> chank shell to anyone but an official buyer.
>
> That's interesting because I bought my right-handed chank directly from a
> fisherman who had been using it as a prayer object in his seaside hut in
> Kerala, India. It was fresh dead: a fly buzzed out of it as I held it
> reverently.
>
> And to think I could have been clapped in jail in southern India.
>
> David Kirsh
> Durham, NC
>
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