Shell Money

. Scallop shells, money cowry, moon snail and tiger conch artfully arranged and applied to a tightly woven

and money cowry shells and metal trimmings. Mounted on black metal stands. Two available, sold

beads, combined with Money Cowry shells and intricately applied on a thick cotton woven canvas.

center is made out of grey Money Cowry shells, carefully polished. The combination is seamlessly attached

Good string of early 20th century shell money or currency from Africa. The shells have a warm

A set of 8, probably African, Shell Money bracelets. For centuries, up until the mid-1800s, these

decorative and ceremonial purposes. The cowrie was the shell most widely used worldwide as Shell Money

A male necklace from the Asmat Village, Papua New Guinea. Tiny money cowrie shells seamlessly sewn

A gorgeous shell dish in the "money tree" pattern. NOTE: there are two available, priced

applied elements that include fish, crab, shells, money, gourds, leaves, ferns, butterflies, dragonfly and

Made from the shell of the Giant Mussel (Tridacna gigas). Used by the Abbekam people as money and

A polished hardstone disc. Provenance unknown but probably a early 20th century Hawaiin Ulu Maika stoen. Ulu Maika is a ancient game simular to bowling played by the indigineaous Haw...

England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...

A highly important Japanese export lacquer cabinet with depiction of the Dutch East India Company tradepost Deshima and the annual Dutch delegation on its way to the Shogun in Edo ...

An exceptional Indo-Portuguese colonial mother-of-pearl veneered casket with silver mounts India, Gujarat, 2nd half of the 16th century, the silver mounts Goa or probably Lisbon ...

This is a hand spun, hand woven and hand painted cotton cloth for which an entire village takes part in its creation. Women of the Korhoga Tribe spin the cotton, while the men weave ...

Natural pink tourmaline necklace (167 gms) with rare gold Veraguas/Diquis supernatural drummer. Very fine example of ancient, Precolumbian goldwork form Central America, either Costa...

Viceroyalty of Peru, Lima, 18th century, circa 1720-1760 Each with a moulded giltwood cornice and on a foliate carved giltwood base, possibly later and English. The cabinets, with s...

Act fast to claim this exquisite piece of natural history, as our fossils will no longer be available through 1stDibs after October 31. This sculptural stone specimen features an ex...

Yua Shell Currency, Bride’s Price Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea Hand carved from a clam shell Measures: 7.5 x 8.5 in / 19 x 22 cm Height on custom display stand: 11.5 in. ...

Yua Shell Currency, Bride’s Price Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea Hand carved from a clam shell Measures: 7 x 7.5 in / 18 x 19 cm Height on custom display stand: 10.5 in. / ...

Ancient Near East, Holyland, Late Bronze Age, Deir Samit, Judea, ca. 1500 to 1250 BCE. A lovely limestone cosmetic dish presenting a hemispherical body with a flattened top and a dep...

Beautiful pendant made out of 3 different Shell species, from Papua-New-Guinea from the 1960 ies, the shells have a good and old patina and shine, the pendant was used during ceremon...

Exceptional set of 3 You Rings from Papua New Guinea decorated with shells and cords, used as exchange objects made of the Tridacna Gigas Shell, different dimensions, mounted on an i...