The Bring it Home Feature discusses the use of cowrie shells...
The Bring it Home Feature discusses the use of cowrie shells...
May 12, 2020
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Exploring the culture of cowrie shells
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Exploring the culture of cowrie shells
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Before coins or paper money, Africa’s cowrie shells powered trade across continents. Harvested from the Indian Ocean, they became the backbone of commerce from West Africa to Asia and even parts of Europe. In African societies, cowries symbolized wealth, fertility, and spiritual power used in trade, art, and ceremony. Their influence stretched so far that they inspired China’s earliest coins. From the markets of Mali to the palaces of Benin, cowrie shells remind us that Africa once shaped global
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