| 41. | This coin itself is a replica of more ancient Cowry Money, made for the purpose of replacing it.
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| 42. | Usually, she receives gifts of cowries or cash from her relatives, in-laws and delighted spectators.
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| 43. | Accordingly, the diviner often requires the mother to buy special jewelry for the baby, especially cowry shell bracelets.
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| 44. | Kenya offers African jewelry containing cowry shells, and soapstone carvings from Western Kenya, carved by the Kisii stone.
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| 45. | Trade goods such as cowry shells and beads have been recovered from archaeological sites dating to the early Swahili period.
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| 46. | As late as 1344, Ibn Batuta observed that more than 40 ships loaded with cowry shells were exported each year.
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| 47. | His ritual tools include a ritual broom for purification, a covered terra-cotta vessel, and abundant cowry shells.
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| 48. | The largest modern cowry is the Atlantic Deer Cowry ( " Macrocypraea cervus " ) at up to 190mm.
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| 49. | The largest modern cowry is the Atlantic Deer Cowry ( " Macrocypraea cervus " ) at up to 190mm.
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| 50. | The juvenile shells of cowries perhaps more closely resemble the shells of some " bubble snails " in the order Cephalaspidea.
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