National Museum of African American History and Culture
String of cowrie shells
Unidentified · 1800 - 1968
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. The shells do not create a distinct pattern and they are oriented on the string in varying positions.
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