Comprised of cowrie shells, the collar was elegant and a unique take on garbs worn during monumental, history-defining ...

1,200 BC: Cowrie Shells The first use of cowries, the shell of a mollusc that was widely available in the shallow waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, was in China. Historically, many ...

Image caption, A 19th Century illustration shows cowrie shells being used as money ... Imagine having some cash to hand which you could also use to dig the flowerbeds. A coin shaped like a ...

After Jackson's cowrie shells got called out repeatedly online, some people wanted to know what they meant. Here's what we ...