Cowrie Shell Collection

Eleven large and small tropical cowrie shells, 1726-1779. Creator: Johann Gustav Hoch
Eleven large and small tropical cowrie shells, 1726-1779

Cowrie shells, 1726-1779. Creator: Johann Gustav Hoch
Cowrie shells, 1726-1779

Belt (Yeemy Mambolmashet), Democratic Republic of the Congo, 19th century

Pendant Belt (Nkody Mupaap), Democratic Republic of the Congo, 19th century

Pendant, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Pendant, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 19th century

Ring: Cowroid with Sistrum and Pendant Uraeui, Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1350 BCE)

Male Figure (Nkisi Nkondi), Republic of the Congo, Early-mid 19th century

Leather bag with tools, whistles, and shells, 20th Century. Creator: Unknown
The object consists of a dark brown tooled leather bag with attachments of iron tools, wooden whistles, and cowrie shells. The bag is made from two pieces of leather

String of cowrie shells, 1800 - 1968. Creator: Unknown
A string of cowrie shells. There are sixty (60) tan and yellow colored cowrie shells on a string composed of multiple natural-colored strands twisted together

A Cowrie, and a Larger and Two Smaller Shells, late 17th-mid 18th century. Creator: Anon
A Cowrie, and a Larger and Two Smaller Shells, late 17th-mid 18th century. Formerly attributed to Herman Henstenburgh

Necklace of Charms, 1923. Jewellery made from cowrie shells, ancient Egyptian pharaohs beard and kneeling figure, and a fish

Strings of Cowrie shells. Through the ages, these have been widely used as a form of currency

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