Just in time for summer, an old trend from the early 2000s is making a big comeback this season. Jewelry designers all over the world are channeling the natural beauty of the oceans for their summer ...

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When Harfa Haq is not finger-painting or beautifying hand-woven baskets in her Nyali residence in Mombasa, she is in her “little garden” on her balcony watching dangling cowrie shells arranged in ...

“Before you do anything else,” curator Chris Meyer said the minute I arrived at the National Museum of Natural History’s Invertebrate Zoology collection, “you have to vote for beauty.” He led me ...

For centuries, cowrie shells have had a deep cultural and spiritual significance in many African cultures and were once even used as currency across continents. The beige shells have also been used to ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson attends Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday wearing a cowrie shell collar. CHIP SOMODEVILLA via Getty Images Donald Trump’s inauguration was a ...

As Diwali 2024 is here, the significance of this vibrant festival is felt profoundly within the Hindu community. Celebrated as the Festival of Lights, Diwali symbolizes the triumph of light over ...

Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, Vol. 23, No. 1 (2001), pp. 27-38 (12 pages) Ornamental employment of Chestnut Cowry (Cypraea spadicea) shell artifacts in southern California ...