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1. Cowrie shell

Museum number:: 1-257833
Collector:: Archeo-Tec
Collection place:: CA-SFr-119H, San Francisco County, California

2. Cowrie shell

Museum number:: 5-16902c
Culture or time period:: Nubian
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: Robert I. Orlins
Collection place:: Tomas Village, Sudan

3. Cowrie shell

Museum number:: 1-257058
Collector:: J. P. Lucey
Collection place:: CA-SFr-2500, San Francisco County, California
Collection date:: May 1985

4. Cowrie shell

Museum number:: 5-16902b
Culture or time period:: Nubian
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: Robert I. Orlins
Collection place:: Tomas Village, Sudan

5. Cowrie shell

Museum number:: 5-15958
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1937-1951