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Cowrie shells, wood engravings, published in 1869 - stock illustration

Cowrie shells - group of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. The cowrie was the shell most widely used worldwide as shell money. It is most abundant in the Indian Ocean, and was collected in the Maldive Islands, in Sri Lanka, along the Indian Malabar coast, in Borneo and on other East Indian islands, in Maluku in the Pacific, and in various parts of the African coast from Ras Hafun to Mozambique. Cowrie shell money was important in the trade networks of Africa, South Asia, and East Asia. Wood engravings, published in 1869.
Cowrie shells - group of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. The cowrie was the shell most widely used worldwide as shell money. It is most abundant in the Indian Ocean, and was collected in the Maldive Islands, in Sri Lanka, along the Indian Malabar coast, in Borneo and on other East Indian islands, in Maluku in the Pacific, and in various parts of the African coast from Ras Hafun to Mozambique. Cowrie shell money was important in the trade networks of Africa, South Asia, and East Asia. Wood engravings, published in 1869.
Cowrie shells, wood engravings, published in 1869
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