| 单词 | cowrie |
| 例句 | Strings of cowrie shells were tied to the wooden staff she held in her varicose-veined hands, and she leaned on it with each step as she approached. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Cora’s grandmother was sold a few times on the trek to the fort, passed between slavers for cowrie shells and glass beads. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He sets a tiny paper scroll, no bigger than a cowrie shell, in her palm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Buy it, of course, to wear with ropes of diamonds and cowrie shells. | ABC Carpet & Home: ABC Carpet & Home: the Name Belies the Exoticism 2010-05-04T23:40:00Z While the paint is thought by some to ward off supernatural danger, embellishments like cowrie shells, often worn as jewelry, are also used by West African priests in divination rituals. | Tribal Beauty 2014-05-09T22:32:15Z They try to learn a variation of mah-jongg and battle over sungka, a traditional Filipino pastime played with cowrie shells. Review: ‘House Rules’ and All Kinds of Games 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Violence Against Women Vanette has plastic, rose-tinted glasses on and cowrie shells weaved into her braids. Home: America’s most dangerous place 2013-04-18T15:23:00Z Ms. Leigh added, “I’ve often used that kind of charged image in my work, objects like watermelons or cowrie shells.” An Artist Ascendant: Simone Leigh Moves Into the Mainstream 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z In the Ifá tradition, every one of the 256 sacred Odù can be represented both by combinations of vertical dashes and by arrangements of cowrie shells or palm nuts on the divination tray. For Two Los Angeles Artists, the Spiritual Is Political 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Motifs included abstract fish scales, zebra stripes, oversize banana leaves, roosters, and cowrie shells along with bold geometric prints and stylized abstracts. Some of Jackie O.’s Favorite Fabrics are Back on the Market 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z His face was hidden by a burlap hood studded with beads and cowrie shells. Cultured Traveler: On the Vodun Trail in Benin 2012-02-03T17:18:18Z One blue and white duo, covered in beads, cowrie shells and little bottles, splits the difference between Nick Cave and central African power figures. An Elegant Return to Form at Independent Art Fair 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The third held cowrie shells, which he treated as a gambler treats dice. Dance Review: Souleymane Badolo and Cynthia Oliver at New York Live Arts 2013-04-28T21:01:39Z “I loved the patterns. They were pretty dramatic for the time. My favorite was a natural canvas ground-cloth printed with espresso brown cowrie shells,” she said. Some of Jackie O.’s Favorite Fabrics are Back on the Market 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Each day, the American forces receive an airdrop, often containing weapons and cowrie shells — used as currency — inadvertently introducing two hallmarks of the modern West: firearms and inflation. Extreme Travel of ?45 2011-06-03T16:51:51Z Spectacularly imaginative royal jewelry dates from this time: belts made from cast-gold cowrie shells; anklets hung with tinkling gold feline claws. An Ancient Egyptian Show That’s Low on Bling but High on Beauty 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Reinterpreting the scene in two ceramic works, Leigh morphed the features on the face jug into giant cowrie shapes and gave the uncredited sitter — whom she called “Anonymous” — a cylindrical lower body. Simone Leigh, in the World 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z We rounded the jellyfish-free islet next door and combed a white strand for cowrie, conch and scallop shells. Latin America 2011 |?Journeys: Isla Coiba, Panama, a Marine Preserve 2011-09-16T18:55:00Z Yet in the popular imagination, especially in the Western hemisphere, African fashion more often than not means animal prints, mud cloth and cowrie shells. Africa?s New Fashion Influence 2011-12-07T21:32:37Z Under one is a fragment of The Egyptian Book of the Dead, under the second an elaborate Torres Strait headdress made of wood, cowrie shell and white feathers. The Begram ivories: Rescuing Afghanistan's lost history 2011-02-27T00:05:25Z I wear a lot of white, blues, turquoises and always cowrie shells. The Far Out Freestyle Fashion of Byron Bay, Australia 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z And wealth, too—billions of cowrie shells crossed oceans as the currency of much of the slave trade. Shell company 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The priestess then consulted with the spirits by using cowrie shells and kola nuts, rolling them like dice and interpreting their landing positions like modern-day oracle bones. In Benin, up close with a serpent deity, a Temple of Pythons and Vodun priests 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z One, in a purple dress beaded with cowrie shells, had a matching purple hood. Kabul’s mannequins, hooded and masked under Taliban rules 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Shells have always played an important role in Mauritian culture - the Monetaria annulus, commonly known as gold ring cowrie, is a gift of love or luck. Why Mauritius is losing its seashells 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z This includes designs inspired by the landscapes of the Caribbean and natural objects such as leaves and cowrie shells. The design-savvy holiday list: 5 tasteful objects and one Tacosaurus 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Other Kangkurangs with him wear colorful outfits with masks of cowrie shells. AP PHOTOS: In Gambia, Kankurang initiation rite teaches boys 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Barnett reveals another “fundamental disconnect” separating human from human in the exchange of Maldivian cowrie shells for living people. Review | The human history found inside a seashell 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z On the river terrace outside, American designer Ini Archibong’s Pavilion of the African Diaspora takes the form of an arched shelter inspired by the shape of a cowrie shell, for centuries a currency in Africa. Forest sprouts at London Design Biennale tackling global crises 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z The gift shop is organized inside of a one-room trailer, where Parker sells dashikis, African shea butter, black soap, body oils, jewelry made from cowrie shells and other vintage Black culture trinkets. At century mark, Tulsa Race Massacre’s wounds still unhealed 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z “Masquerade” explores the use of masks and headdresses — some with embellishments like pigment, beads, cowrie shells, hair and fiber; others svelte and unadorned — as part of traditional rituals like harvest ceremonies. Art and Ceremony Intertwine at Hosftra University African Exhibit 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z He created Babel, a wooden cocktail cabinet with a simple curved form reminiscent of a cowrie shell that opens to reveal a bronze interior. Furniture Maker Marc Fish Listens to a Sea Shell 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z It's a simple cowrie shell, purchased as a youth in the market beside the medieval Citadel of Damascus. A look at the most precious items migrants are carrying on their long journey to Europe 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z One contains prayers stitched into a tiny leather parcel and attached to a cord buttoned with a cowrie shell. The traditional mystics going online 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z They often found her beneath a bamboo palm, reading the future by throwing “jagay,” small white cowrie shells. How Ebola Roared Back 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z The gray-black tiger cowrie, with its gaping maw and its dozens of hyperactive tentacles, is reminiscent of one of the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft’s pitiless dark gods. Susan Middleton Explores the Riot of Life in the Oceans in 'Spineless' 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Three vivid sculptures by Alejandro Guzmán, assembled from plastic flowers, mirrors, feathers and cowrie shells and designed for street performances, evoke an Afro-Caribbean urban culture that once defined much barrio art. Art Review: Museo del Barrio’s ‘Bienal 2013’ Explores Self and Origins 2013-06-13T21:49:21Z If one cowrie shell bought a fish, there wasn't any risk that some fisherman would try to corner the market and push the price of fish up in order to become rich. Bitcoin is not a real currency, just some 21st-century cowrie shells 2013-04-10T21:10:01Z Edward, therefore, was well contented to have women as his servants; and before he started he bargained to pay them in beads, cloth and cowrie shells. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z Against each class of articles so many cowrie shells or beans are placed, and, always hanging from a branch above, or sedately sitting in the middle of the shop, a little fetish. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z The cowrie ornaments were taken off when a man was mourning the death of a relation. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z I have marked de place where dat plenty mooch big cowrie sleep. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z It was great: a sort of cryptographic cowrie shell for virtual fish. Bitcoin is not a real currency, just some 21st-century cowrie shells 2013-04-10T21:10:01Z Other figures incorporate cowrie shells, animal teeth, snakeskin, gourds, fiber or feathers. | Connecticut: Ritual Power, Gathered at the Bruce 2011-07-09T02:03:21Z She removed her double bracelets and anklets of cowrie shells, and the brass and copper bangles from her arms and legs. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z Their dress is a short kilt of black cotton cloth, ornamented, in the case of warriors, with rows of cowrie shells. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z The “plenty mooch big cowrie” was not to be caught napping, and, doubtless, moved away into deep water as soon as we had left. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z But Bitcoin is just a bunch of people trading cryptographic cowrie shells - but now with internet-speed ability to see instantaneous prices, and with a burgeoning desire to spend it on "real" things. Bitcoin is not a real currency, just some 21st-century cowrie shells 2013-04-10T21:10:01Z Listening intently to catch the soft cadence of the verses, she repeated them silently, knowing they meant the cowrie shells had been cast. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z I know almost every island where trade can be got, and the price to a cowrie that should be paid. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z By the beaux of the caravan, unqualified homage was paid to certain coquettes, who carried milk jars curiously wrought of palm leaves, and studded with manifold cowrie shells. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Islands are denoted on this wonderful piece of native work by cowrie shells fastened to the framework. Stevensoniana Being a Reprint of Various Literary and Pictorial Miscellany Associated with Robert Louis Stevenson, the Man and His Work In front of the tent, with a couple of Madras cowrie baskets at his feet, busily engaged sponging out a rifle, Captain Hughes was seated. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Atiba sat motionless in the graying light, crosslegged, at the edge of the mud seat nearest the door, and studied the sixteen cowrie shells as they spun across the reed tray that lay before him. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He wore a broad belt decorated with cowrie shells and beads. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children But they can give themselves up to the governor when they reach Swearah," urged one of the merchants, "and we may be ordered out of the country without receiving a single cowrie for all. The Boy Slaves The tribesman would probably wonder why the Chief of the English Tribe kept cowrie shells under his hat. A World by the Tale Skins served as a bed, and the furniture consisted of a large earthen vase made to contain the maize or manioc flour; the cowrie baskets and knapsacks having also been deposited inside. The Ruined Cities of Zululand It's called the divination of the sixteen cowrie shells. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z His armlets and anklets were made of polished cowrie shells reaching quite above the wrists and ankles. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children Sometimes a shell, as a cowrie of India or the wampum of the American Indian, was used for this purpose. History of Human Society The folly of the gambling savage, who stakes his liberty against a handful of cowrie shells is nothing to it. The Claims of Labour an essay on the duties of the employers to the employed Hindoo languages.—Calico, chintz, cowrie, curry, lac, muslin, toddy, &c. A Handbook of the English Language It was covered with red velvet and decorated with cowrie shells. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. Nothing could be less artificial than her costume; the simple dress of Bengalese blue cloth, a few cowrie shells round her neck, and a shell comb fastening up the braids of profusion of raven hair. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 Three hundred coppers a day make, in ten day's work, a bronze cowrie; ten big bronzes make a silver cowrie, the price of an acre of land. Blind Man's Lantern The eyes consisted of two cowrie shells; and a number of bristles, which appeared to be taken from elephants’ tails, formed a sort of frill round the neck. In the Wilds of Africa The magic shell of all others is the cowrie. The Gypsies In the Legal Tender Cases, 12 Wallace, 560, Justice Bradley says: 'It is not an attempt to coin money out of a valueless material, like the coinage of leather, or ivory, or cowrie shells. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The boy then presses a cowrie on the ground with his little finger, and the girl has to take it away, which she easily does. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II So he was now riding in his shirt-sleeves, the cowrie shells at his watch fob clanging against the little bundle of keys he wore there. Patsy As he remarks: “The great advantage of the use of the cowrie is that forgery is excluded, as it cannot possibly be imitated.” Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley The following are Hindostanee, ‘avatar’, ‘bungalow’, ‘calico’, ‘chintz’, ‘cowrie’, ‘lac’, ‘muslin’, ‘punch’, ‘rupee’, ‘toddy’. English Past and Present A Bundela would dive into a well for the sake of a cowrie, but would fight with the Sardārs of Government.” The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The girl in her turn holds a cowrie inside her clenched hand, and the boy has to remove it with his little finger, which he finds it impossible to do. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Adding cowrie to cowrie he brings together lakhs and crores. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) In this process curios are occasionally separated, such as palm kernels, cowrie shells, shea butter nuts, good luck seeds and "crab's eyes." Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer Timber exists of cedar, cowrie, and hoop pine, a white hardwood known as fluidoza, gums, dye woods, and other most useful and valuable cabinet woods, are to be found in great abundance. A Source Book of Australian History When in full dress the warrior further sports a hollow iron knee bell, connected with the belt by a string of cowrie shells or beads. African Camp Fires Beads of cheese Tibet Beads of hard cheese, two inches in diameter, are strung like a necklace of cowrie shells or a rosary, fifty to a hundred on a string. The Complete Book of Cheese They were dressed in aprons of dracæna leaves only, with necklets and armlets of sharks' teeth and cowrie shells. The Great Taboo In either half five or six holes were scooped out, and the game consisted in dropping cowrie shells or pebbles into the holes. War in the Garden of Eden See that necklace of cowrie shells hanging beside it," continued the veteran, waving his cigarette in that direction; "that came from the neck of a Hottentot woman—a black Vanus, be Jove! The Firm of Girdlestone A dozen large loops of coloured beads strung through the ears, and various strings and necklaces of beads, cowrie shells, and the like finish them out in all their gorgeousness. African Camp Fires They had no kind of clothing; but wore necklaces of cowrie shells, fastened to a braid of fibres; and some of their companions had pearl-oyster shells hung round their necks. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 There were several heaps of shells on the beach at Accra, principally consisting of the common cowrie, and the large muscle. A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 A large and handsome cowrie, Cypraea mauritiana, generally distributed among the islands of the Pacific, was here found for the first time in Australia. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 It usually took the form of cowrie shells, iron bars, brass rings, or other standard items of value. The Black Experience in America The police could be of no assistance, overwhelmed with their labors; individuals who might have helped were lost in the mêlée; money was as useless as strings of cowrie shells. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California He wore a number of anklets and armlets of polished wire, a broad beaded collar, heavy earrings, and a sumptuous robe of softened goatskins embroidered with beads and cowrie shells. The Leopard Woman The cowrie, so frequently mentioned in Park's Travels, is here the chief medium of circulation. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa They had no kind of clothing, but wore necklaces of cowrie shells fastened to a braid of fibres; and some of their companions had pearl-oyster shells hung round their necks. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Gold is found in great plenty, yet both here and in Cangigu and Amu, they use the cowrie shells which are brought from India. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Sweeping his arm violently, to threaten the coast of China and the whole range of his vision,-- "You're the one man," he roared, "that makes all this mess--worth a cowrie!" Dragon's blood They were so laden with savage riches as to be almost concealed beneath the strings of cowrie shells and bands of beads. The Leopard Woman There remained nothing: not even a cowrie's value. Soldiers Three They had not introduced the cowrie shell; but I observed that every helmet was ornamented with this species; it therefore occurred to me that they must find their way into the country from Zanzibar. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The latter is the only clothing of young girls, and may be either perfectly simple or adorned with beads and cowrie shells according to the fancy of the wearer. In the Heart of Africa No one else took his children as far as Dawli travelling all day, from eight until seven... no esplanade, the old stone jetty and coves and cowrie shells.... Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 One of them carried a battered old canvas steamer chair; one a fan of ostrich plumes; and one a long gourd heavily decorated with cowrie shells. The Leopard Woman Again his boon companions, finding him without a broken cowrie, drove him from their doors, he stole and was flogged for theft; and lastly, half famished, he fled the city. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance Beyond, drawn up on the beach, he could see the big war-canoes, with high and fantastically carved bows and sterns, ornamented with scrolls and bands of white cowrie shells. Adventure A garter of white cowrie shells encircled one leg just below the knee. Jerry of the Islands A row of pure white cowrie shells banded his brow. Adventure |
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