Box of Cowrie Shells
Object type: Box of cowrie shells
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Ghanaian
Date: 19th century
Medium: Cowrie shell, glass, cardboard
Dimensions: Diam. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Classification: Shell-Implements
Geography:     Ghana Guinea Coast 
Credit line: Gift of Alfred L. Scheinberg in memory of Bernard Scheinberg, 1987
Accession year: 1987