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cowrie shell

collocation in English

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cowrie
noun[C]
uk /ˈkaʊ.ri/ us /ˈkaʊr.i/
a small sea creature with a soft body and a brightly coloured shell, or the shell itself used in the past as money in parts of Africa and ...
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shell
noun
uk /ʃel/ us /ʃel/
the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and ...
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Examples of cowrie shell


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The grave contained a flexed burial and over 200 iron beads, an ostrich eggshell necklace, a perforated cowrieshell, and iron jewellery.
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The cowrieshell signifies royalty, belonging to the royal blood.
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A kaparda is a cowrieshell, or a braid of hair in the form of a shell, or, more generally, hair that is shaggy or curly.
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While this report identifies cattle and salt as items exchanged for captives, cowrie shells were probably more important.
Desert salt, cowrie shells and other scarce commodities were bartered for captives.
While certain tribes may still use salt and cowrie shells for their transactions, the effective globe is using coins and banknotes.
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The eyes are created using cowrie shells with a bitumen pupil.
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Cattle were very important: they were the main means of exchange, alongside cowrie shells (chisimbi).
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It isn't uncommon to see the women decorate their hair with bead hair accessories as well as cowrie shells.
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He also a distinguished conchologist, specialising in classifying cowrie shells.
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Statues, usually of wood or ivory, are often inlaid with cowrie shells, metal studs and nails.
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Their patterns are believed to protect and to increase the fertility of their wearers and it has been proposed that some might imitate cowrie shells.
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Kalasha women usually wear long black robes, often embroidered with cowrie shells.
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The hide is decorated with cowrie shells and black, white and red strips of cloth that are worked into a geometric pattern.
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The prepared dough is shaped into small rounds, which are flattened and rolled (on a special tool) so as to take the shape of gavvalu (cowrie shells).
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Mercury, used for creating an artificial horizon, was kept in cowrie shells and, for use, poured into the begging bowl carried by the pundit.
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Her motifs include cowrie shells, roses, plantains, urns, and toilet bowl plungers; these forms, both molded and handcrafted, are often assembled, stacked, or hung in groups.
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