shell-bugles

Updated: June 13, 2025

As female pigs may not be eaten, those just killed were thrown into the sea by the women; meanwhile, the chiefs blew a loud blast on the shell-bugles, to announce to all concerned that Palo's first duty was accomplished. The deep yet piercing tones must have sounded far into the narrow valleys round. Then poles were driven into the ground, to which the tusked pigs were tied.

Felix Speiser - Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific