Example Sentences

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The collection includes reed fishing baskets, ceremonial masks, pots, a waist belt of cowry shells - and 20 leather cloaks in pristine condition collected during a 1911-1912 expedition.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

It’s a nickname in Italian for the cowry shell, whose shiny, white surface porcelain resembles.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 11, 2015

On each of her bare feet was a string of cowry shells and small bells that chimed as she moved towards me.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

It seems so primitive, totemistic even, like cowry shells.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

He used these cowry shells for fashion one fishing lure he named Kalokuna.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila