Meanings
- historicaluncountableabalone shells, used in trade by the Native Americans
The Indians of the interior were strongly attracted by the luster of the uhllo and gave the coastal traders amazing bargains in exchange for the pretty shells.
1931, Donald Hume Fry, The Ring Net, Half Ring Net, Or Purse Lampara in the Fisheries of California, volumes 22-40
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