Shell, Cowrie

Name/Title

Shell, Cowrie

Entry/Object ID

1973.151.001

Description

-small cowrie shell -hole on one end, centered -in the Pacific Islands, shells like this with holes bored into the ends were often used as sinkers for fishing lines and nets before metal products were brought by traders

Collection

Ethnographic Collection

Made/Created

Place

Continent

Oceania

Notes

Date: late 19th century

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Seashell

Material

Shell