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Dawn cowrie (photo)
Collection Of Cowrie Shells
Oshun, 2011 (acrylic on canvas)
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Map cowrie (Specimen)
Nagaady-A-Mwaash mask, Zaire, Kuba Kingdom (wood, cowrie shells & glass beads)
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Four cowrie shells
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Personal Ornament; Cowrie Bead
Tiger cowrie, Cypraea tigris
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Yombe staff handle (mvuala) with a therianthropic figure, from Zaire (ivory)
Tiger cowrie, Cypraea tigris 1, wrinkled cowrie, Nucleolaria nucleus 2, money cowrie, Monetaria moneta 3, and Ellatrivia merces 4, Porcelaines
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Hat with hornbill skull, Kinshasa, Zaire, 1925-50 (plant fibre, plastic discs, shells, hornbill skull and cotton cloth)
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Nine Shells, 2000 (w/c on paper)
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Zele Ori, House of the Head, Yoruba culture
Textile (cotton)
Ocellate cowrie shells (Cypraea ocellata)
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Maboom Mask (wood, fabric, beads, cowrie shell, hide & hair)
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Necromancer's cloth mask, Tibet, 1850-1900
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Kenyan potter
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Akha Belts, Northern Thailand (shells, seeds & coins)
Crested porcupine and tiger cowrie., 1824-1829 (engraving)
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Men's apron decorated with cowrie shells, Naga,Apron
Top and underside view of Humpback cowrie (Cypraea mauritiana)
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Necromancer's cloth mask, Tibet, 1850-1900
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Hat (shells & bone) (see also 181646)
Snake Emblem (shell)
Egungun Masquerade Costume, Yoruba Culture, Benin (mixed media)
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Hat (shells & bone) (see also 181647)
Fortune telling with cowrie shells Saint-Louis Senegal
Healers circlet, west-central Africa, 1880-1920
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Detail of an embroidered dress
Ibeji Figures (wood, beads, cowrie shells, fabric, pigment)
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Shells, plate 6 from 'A Selection of Shells and Crustacea', pub. 1758 (hand-coloured engraving)
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Nail Figure (nkisi n'kondi) Yombe, Congo c.1875 (wood with screws, nails, blades & cowrie shells)
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Twin figurine with cowrie-shell bead necklaces, Yoruba tribe, Nigerian (wood and shell)
Woman's Shoulder Garment (glass beads, cowrie shells & metal wire)
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Nail Figure (nkisi n'kondi) Yombe, Congo c.1875 (wood with screws, nails, blades & cowrie shells)
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Egungun masquerade costume, Yoruba Culture (mixed media)
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Detail of an embroidered dress
Bowl containing bones, nuts and shells, South African, 1890-1924
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Nail Figure (nkisi n'kondi) Yombe, Congo c.1875 (wood with screws, nails, blades & cowrie shells)
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Nail Figure (nkisi n'kondi) Yombe, Congo c.1875 (wood with screws, nails, blades & cowrie shells)
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Naga tribesman, Assam (b/w photo)
Portrait of a Man from Nyanza Province, Kenya, c.1902 (silver gelatin print)
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Various armlets made of cane decorated with cowrie shells and beads, Armlets,Naga
Hat, possibly early 1900s (raffia, glass beads, cowrie shells, cloth)
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Belt (nkody makwoom), 20th century (cowrie shells, glass beads, fiber)
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Altar Pedestal With Female Figure (wood, pigment, fiber, leather, cowrie shells)
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Portrait of a Man from Nyanza Province, Kenya, c.1902 (silver gelatin print)
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Hat, early-mid 1900s (fibers, cowrie shells, beads, elephant tail, cord)
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Bowl lyre (Ndongo) (wood, monitor lizard skin, goat hair & cowrie shells)
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Mask (Ngady Amwaash), late 19th-mid-20th century (wood, pigment, glass beads, cowrie shells, fabric & thread)
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Kuba face mask, early 20th century (painted wood, fibre, cloth & cowrie shells)
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China: A cowrie container with a lid showing a battle between Dian warriors and nomads, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai
House for the Head (Ile Ori), early 20th century (glass beads, cowrie shells, fabric, wood)
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China: A Dian village scene on top of a cowrie container (note the two large Dong Son drums on the left), Shanghai Museum, Shanghai
Royal Ibeji Twin (Female with Cowrie Shells), late 19th, early 20th century, Yoruba Culture, Nigeria (mixed media)
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Mbwoom Mask, Bushong Kuba Culture, from Democratic Republic of the Congo (wood, cowrie shells, glass beads, fur, leather, cloth, seed pods)
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