Title: Box of Cowrie Shells
Object type: Box of cowrie shells
Date: 19th century
Culture: Ghanaian
Medium: Cowrie shell, glass, cardboard
Dimensions: Diam. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Classification: Shell-Implements
Credit line: Gift of Alfred L. Scheinberg in memory of Bernard Scheinberg, 1987
Geography:     Ghana Guinea Coast     
Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY