Cowrie Shells and Trade Power National Museum of African American History and Culture

Demetri Broxton - Patricia Sweetow Gallery

Ceremonial basket adorned with cowrie shells

The History of the Cowrie Shell in Africa – and its Cultural

Ritual mask with cowrie shells (clay and wood) West Africa 19th

3. Clay figurines from TSR6: (1) bird; (2) human; (3) cattle

In 1619 enslaved Africans first arrived in colonial Virginia

Shell Money

History of African Trade I

Cowrie shells africa museum hi-res stock photography and images

File:Hat (Kalyeem), possibly early 1900s, Central Africa

A Curator's Farewell: Four Months in Kongo

Cowrie Shells by Santana Alvarado – Hope Beyond Despair