Cowrie Shell

93-9-61C

From: Ghana

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 93-9-61C
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Ghana
Section African
Materials Bag | Shells | Ebony | Seeds | String
Description

Purple bag with yellow draw string, "Seagram's Crown Royal" embroidered in yellow. Contains 5 cowrie shells, two gray seeds/nuts, a dark brown-red seed/nut, ebony head carving on a black string.

Length 2.3 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of Harvey and Doris Tower, 1993

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