| 单词 | cowry |
| 例句 | Through the mouths of the cowries the gods speak to him in clear, unambiguous voices. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The alcove was studded with cowries, conches, and scallops. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She was a vision in cowries: they rattled from her wrists, were strung through her curled dreadlocks, and looped around her neck. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Barnacles, cowries, thirteen lumps of quartz gritty with sand. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She was filling a pail with cowries and bleeding tooth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, I dreamt of Felicia in her bathing suit with her pail of cowries and bleeding tooth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z On each of her bare feet was a string of cowry shells and small bells that chimed as she moved towards me. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It’s a nickname in Italian for the cowry shell, whose shiny, white surface porcelain resembles. The European Obsession with Porcelain 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z They introduced English currency to replace the cumbersome brass rods and cowries that merchants needed slaves to carry. 'My Nigerian great-grandfather sold slaves' 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z Chinese porcelain from the late 16th and early 17th centuries was also among the wreck, as were bronze artillery pieces and cowry shells - a currency used in the slave trade. 400-year-old shipwreck found off Portugal 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Pepper corns, cowry shells used in the slave trade and bronze artillery pieces litter the wreck site. 400-year-old shipwreck found off Portugal coast 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z He is dressed in ceremonial robes, with a striking top hat, and holding a staff made from cowry shells. Has voodoo been misjudged? - BBC News 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z These included shells such as mother-of-pearl that were widely circulated in the Americas and cowry shells that were used in Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. When — and why — did people first start using money? 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z They also found a cowry shell, once used as currency in parts of Africa. Caves, tunnels run rampant under St. Louis ground 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z One group might wish to exchange decorative cowry shells for some of the other group’s surplus arrowheads, for instance. Why You Should Ignore Your Gut Feelings About Free Trade 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Teeth of cowries usually fill the clown-like mouth, and ears standing out from the head, like a bat’s, are only surpassed in their monstrosity by the snowshoe-shaped feet. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z They have there all the adventures whose wraiths danced before me when I was building courts and making palm trees and finding out the many fine and fair uses of cowries and fir-cones. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z Toque, tōk, n. a form of hat or cap worn in the 16th century: a modern close-fitting brimless bonnet for women: an African nominal money of account, equal to 40 cowries: the bonnet-macaque. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The confectioner laughed at her and said, “Be off, you old hag, do you think khai can be had for five cowries?” Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z In the basket, also, was a small figure of about the same size as the horn, on the head of which was a cowry shell. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z The consequence was that pice, cowries, rice, and ghee were showered upon him with overwhelming liberality. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Stanley offered him a hundred cowries if he would bring one to him alive or dead. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Formerly cowry shells were used, even by foreign traders, as a currency; and they are still so used in the Sudan. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z If a Brahman whose cooking He could not eat, invited Him, He took only pras�d worth two pan of cowries. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z On the eighth day is held the ceremony of Autcowroy, or the distribution of eight kinds of parched peas, rice, sweetmeats, with cowries and pice, amongst the children of the house and neighbourhood. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The slaves are paid for in gold-dust, but other payments are made in strings of cowries, which, as I have said, contain forty in a string. Samboe; or, The African Boy 2011-09-04T02:00:04.743Z "Though the gods allow me to read their words in the cowries, I still eat the food a woman cooks." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Finally he explains the result, and ends with again worshipping the deified cowries, who were witnessing the operation as spectators.” Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z The speaker, who stood outside the hedge, was an old mendicant equipped like his kind, with an alms-bowl containing a handful of small copper coin and cowries. The Taming of the Jungle 2011-03-23T02:00:16.887Z Even the revenues of Government were sometimes paid in cowries in the Eastern districts, namely, Assam, Sylhet, &c. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z In addition, necks, wrists and hips were almost hidden by a profusion of shells, cowries, and beads of every size and color. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Now all eyes narrowed in apprehension, waiting for this babalawo, the priest of the Yoruba, to speak and interpret the verses that revealed the message in the cowries. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The relative position of the nine planets is then worked out, and illustrated with cowries in the diagram.” Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z What I have I will give thee;' and he laid one rupee and nine annas in my palm and a handful of cowries. The Taming of the Jungle 2011-03-23T02:00:16.887Z Just as cowries circulate in the East Indies, so cacao nuts, in Central America and Yucatan, form a perfectly recognized and probably an ancient fractional money. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z Its walls are festooned with strings of cowries, hanging from the eaves to the ground, an ornamentation which is found nowhere else. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z This time five cowries lay open, set as a star. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The cowries are next arranged in the compartments of the diagram, and are moved about from compartment to compartment by the astrologer, who quotes meanwhile the authority on which he makes the moves. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z They asked if I could send them some cowry shells, which they use as decorations for the dance. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open The cowry circulation of the Indian coasts is probably a case in point. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z It probably influenced the earliest savages in the manner of wearing their cowries. The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France She had heard the verses for the cowries once before, years ago in Brazil. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He then stops, and explains what he has been doing, at the same time taking a handful of cowries from the heap, and placing them on one side. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z Silversands was a good place for shells, and she had many rare and beautiful kinds, from pearly cowries to scallops and wentletraps. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story One pigtail scoops up a pile of copper money, another a chinaware soup-bowl, and only a little mound of accusing cowries remains on the white matting that covers the table. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel They are acquainted with chess, draughts, backgammon, and other games, among which is one peculiar to themselves, called Mankalah, and played with cowries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Important affairs of state were reserved for the cowries, and for men. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Before commencing operations with the diagram, he selects three or five of the cowries highest up in the heap, and places them in a line on the right-hand side. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z As, in every barrel of cowries, brought to New Bedford, there shall be one orangia, so there will, in a dozen millions of Malays and Mahometans, be one or two astronomical skulls. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse Yet as the game progresses their eyes light up, and one by one put their money on odd or even—the number of the cowries that are covered and left uncovered by the little soup-bowl. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The form of divorce is simple; among the Khasis it consists of the exchange of five cowries. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy Her mother had never admitted to anybody else she knew the verses, since women weren't supposed to cast the cowries. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He identified cowries, whelks, and some excellent specimens of Triton's horn. The Wailing Octopus Your pocketbook is a sack of cowries or salt tied at the mouth with a string. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children Sums of so small a value as three half-pence are thus paid; smaller ones being represented by cowries. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies They brought off a good collection of pectens, clams, helmets, conchs, pearl-oysters, and large cowries, but the specimens were not very perfect. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The men of the Yoruba always claimed the powers of the cowries were too great for any save a true babalawo, and no woman would ever be permitted to be that. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z My boys that I have now would never tell me an untruth, or touch a cowry or anything they should not. Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines N'susa, one of the boys of my caravan, misappropriated some cowries. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children Long ago his assortment of cowries, spiny combs and yellow dragon-castles had outgrown their glass cabinet and overflowed into three carefully catalogued packing cases. Made in Tanganyika Their arms were highly decorated with human hair of various colours, as well as with cowries, beads, and little woven balls of Brunei work. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' She looked toward the gathering in the far hut, thinking again of the verses of the cowries. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Empty bags are now filled with heads instead of cowries. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject The young man before marriage sends a certain number of well-woven mats and so many thousands of cowries to the parents of the girl as a dowry. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children The banks of the river were found to abound with cowry; and . . . the carpenter was of opinion that there could be no great difficulty in loading the ship. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia Sometimes these garments were liberally decorated with small bells, cowries, and pieces of metal cut from old petroleum and preserved meat tins, which jingle and rattle as the wearer moves. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Ogun, the god of war, had spoken—not through the pattern in the cowries on a tray, but with his own voice. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Without resources of any kind, robbed of their needles, cowries, and merchandise, they were reduced to the sad necessity of begging their bread. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century He was an old friend, very good-natured, and he made fun with Lucy about having turned into a spotted leopard, just like the cowry shell on Mrs. Bunker's mantelpiece. Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe "He who thinks a minute little, like a fool misuses more; He who counts a cowry nothing, being wealthy, will be poor." Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems. However, to divest his refusal of all appearance of ill-will, he sent him a bag containing 5000 cowries, of the value of about a pound sterling, to buy provisions. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century That was the message in the gunfire that had erupted the moment the cowries were cast. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z There the English for the first time saw cowries used as money. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century He bent down and looked carefully—five magnificent orange cowries were clinging closely together upon a large white and sea-worn slab of dead coral. Tessa 1901 He counted out the hoard of golden cowries he'd been loaned as grubstake, did some arithmetic, and allowed his wife to pour him a second cup of coffee for the road. Blind Man's Lantern Their name for hundred is 'yha,' which means 'heap'—that is, a heap of cowries. Chatterbox, 1906 In some parts of India a tiger's tooth or claw is an amulet for the same purpose, also obscene symbols or strings of cowries. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The value of these shells is small, in comparison with that of gold and silver, three thousand two hundred cowries amounting to a rupee, which equals fifty cents of our coin. Charley's Museum A Story for Young People They stripped, and tossed three cowries into the air to determine which of the two should receive the first lashing. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver The Stoltzfoos stake of silver and gold cowries was wasting away. Blind Man's Lantern Persons of great landed property, of which there are many, employ agents or stewards; they let the lands, and the rents are paid sometimes in kind, and sometimes in gold-dust and cowries. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa The casket is supported by a pedestal of appropriate size and is decorated to represent cowries. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 He also sent with us an escort of a horseman and five footmen, with sword and spear, as a guard of honor, sending us cowries to pay the expenses. Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party I have already mentioned the outstanding features of the symbolism of the cowry. The Evolution of the Dragon He was persuaded to lay in a supply of seed-yams, guaranteeing a crop that would bring bronze cowries next fall in Datura, the price of next year's oil and cloth and tools. Blind Man's Lantern The principal articles of merchandise are tobacco, kameemas 35, beads of all colours for necklaces, and cowries, which are bought at Fas by the pound. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa As the cowries were a form of currency they were probably held sacred, and hence sewn on to clothes as a charm, just as gold and silver are used for ornaments. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Instead of being led to the palace, they were guided to the house of the refractory officer, when they were ordered to rush in and spare nothing, men, women, children, mbugus, or cowries, all alike. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley For they were originally nothing more than personifications of the life-giving cowry amulets from the Red Sea. The Evolution of the Dragon Courie, cowry, a shell used as money in parts of Southern Asia and Africa. St. Ronan's Well Goats are cheaper than sheep; the best from eight to twelve cowries. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Elsewhere at the time of the Marhai they dance round a pole with peacock feathers tied to the top, and sometimes wear peacock feathers themselves, as well as aprons sewn all over with cowries. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II They remarked the kind way in which the dogs in this place were treated, their necks ornamented with collars of different colours, and cowries. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley There is the further possibility that the beliefs associated with the cowry may have played some part, if not in originating, at any rate in emphasizing the conception of the fertilizing powers of the eye. The Evolution of the Dragon In Bengal,18 at the beginning of the nineteenth century, people who wished to make purchases had first to exchange their rupees for cowries. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Camels from thirty to sixty cowries, according to their size and condition. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa This is known as Anthi, and has a number of cowries at the end. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II "A good tale is not to be bought with cowries; and we shall tell this one in India before many weeks be out." The Great Amulet The idea that the cowry was the giver of life and the parent of men was also transferred to crude stone imitations of the shell. The Evolution of the Dragon To those guests to whom it is necessary to make presents five cowries are given. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala They wear Shan jackets and petticoats of dark-blue; their ornaments are chiefly cowries; their legs are bare. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma They have skirts, and separate short cloths drawn across the shoulders according to the northern fashion, usually red or green in colour, and along the skirt-borders double lines of cowries are sewn. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II To us these kibabs are cheap enough, five or six cowries a stick. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government In the version we are now considering the pearl's place is taken by the pig, both of them surrogates of the cowry. The Evolution of the Dragon If a mother is afraid her child will die, she sells it for a few cowries to another woman. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala By the light of the young moon she saw that it was grasping tightly a sort of tassel made of cowries which hung round his neck by a string. Bella Donna A Novel Their breast-cloths are profusely ornamented with needle-work embroidery and small pieces of glass sewn into them, and are tied behind with cords of many colours whose ends are decorated with cowries and beads. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II For this attention I was obliged to give her a present of gour-nuts, which are equally current with the cowries on such occasions. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government Thus the term χοῖρος had an obscene significance in addition to its usual meaning "pig" and its acquired meaning "cowry". The Evolution of the Dragon It would be a novelty even to Darling, especially if hers were made by glueing a tiny bag of emery into the mouth of a "boiled fowl cowry." A Great Emergency and Other Tales He was all along a sincere friend, and I could not but take his words as well-meant and true. 18th May, 1871.—Abed gave me 200 cowries and some green beads. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi Some rice, a pice coin, 21 cowries and 21 pieces of turmeric are placed in the hole in which the marriage post is erected. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The women have their hair ornamented with strings of cowries, and well oiled with the oil and fat from the seeds of the Mosikisi trees. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 But the fact that cowries were the earliest form of currency may have prepared the way for the recognition of the use of gold for a similar purpose. The Evolution of the Dragon The captives, rum, tobacco, and cowries are now ready to be thrown to the surging mob below. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Keeping aside gifts by thousands, even twenty cowries that one may give painfully, having earned them righteously, will be productive of the great benefit. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 After the ceremony the couple gamble with seven cowries and seven pieces of turmeric. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The dark chamber lying beyond showed a splendid red room with stone hatchets, wooden figures, cowry beads, and jars. The Negro Cattle were therefore given in exchange for cowries, or the shells were used for the purchase of wives. The Evolution of the Dragon "Yes," said the Skipper, taking up another shell from one of the shelves, a tiger cowry, rich with purple and brown. Nautilus Exchange was effected by barter, cowries of different values being the prototype of coins, which were cast in greater or less quantity under each reign. Myths and Legends of China The Chief’s son wore a black, narrow band round his head, ornamented behind with a few cowries and bone ornaments. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries They have great strings of wooden beads, or malâhs, turned out of the stalks of the holy toolsie, round their necks; and they generally collect their rice and cowries in a dried gourd-shell. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 419 Volume 17, New Series, January 10, 1852 The magical properties of the cowry came to be acquired by other Red Sea shells, such as Pterocera, the pearl oyster, conch shells, and others. The Evolution of the Dragon "It is above the little beach, revealed at low tide, where cowries are to be found," he said. The Red Redmaynes At its head marched two men—tall, straight, and supple—wearing huge feather masks over their faces, and beating tom-toms, decorated with long strings of shiny cowries. The Great Taboo The hair is cut short except that of the Chiefs, who had fillets left round their heads, adorned with cowries, in radiated shapes, with a red, worsted, pendant tassel. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries He supposes the cowries of the Maldives to be a species of white porcelaine. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson As the giver of life, the cowry came to have attributed to it by some people definite powers of creation. The Evolution of the Dragon Moreover, the surf-beaten rocks near by yield cowries and other shells in some abundance; and I do not know anywhere of a pleasanter picnic day than that you can spend there. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands As the natives are unacquainted with arithmetic, their numerical calculations are carried on by counters of pebbles, gun-flints, or cowries. Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa The reef furnished many radiata and crustacea, and as usual the shell collectors--consisting of about one-half the ship's company, reaped a rich harvest of cowries, cones, and spider shells, amounting to several hundredweight. 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 Besides the articles imported from India enumerated in the proclamation of 1631, there now appear cowries, saltpetre, muslins, diamonds, &c. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson Aphrodite was associated not only with the cowry, the pearl, and the mandrake, but also with the octopus, the argonaut, and other cephalopods. The Evolution of the Dragon At the time of the Mahomedan conquest of Bengal, early in the 13th century, they found the currency exclusively composed of cowries, aided perhaps by bullion in large transactions, but with no coined money. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 Had we been able to muster up thirty thousand cowries at Rabba, we might have purchased one which would have carried us all very comfortably. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 535, February 25, 1832 By good fortune there happened to be in the road a small country ship that had brought a consignment of cowries from the Maldives. The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago As they approached, it could be seen that they were very gorgeous indeed; the women hung with strings of cowries, bound with glittering brass and iron, bedecked with strings of beads. The Leopard Woman The identification of gold with cowries may not have been the primary reason for the invention of gold currency. The Evolution of the Dragon This is the first time Polo mentions cowries, which he calls porcellani. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 She entertains a set of lazy bearers, smoking the hubble-bubble around a palanquin as they wait for a fare; and her buksheesh may be a cowry or two. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 All the cowries, pepper, and cloth that were said to belong to Gyfford had been bought with the Company's money, and the Company's claim against his estate was nearly £9000. The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago There were warriors in full panoply; lithe, naked men carrying only wands peeled fresh to the white; women hung heavily with cowries; other women with neither garment nor ornament, their bodies oiled and glistening. The Leopard Woman Then, in many places, the cowry was replaced by an actual metallic coin. The Evolution of the Dragon Klaproth states that Yun-nan is the only country of China in which cowries had continued in use, though in ancient times they were more generally diffused. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 Coral No. 4 each stone 60 Amber No. 5 60 Blue agates per string 100 With these three articles I bought about twenty thousand cowries. The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 The tritons are in fair demand, and many tons of cowries are sent to Europe yearly, while the shipment of a thick-lipped strombus in one year to Liverpool amounted to 300,000. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 They returned to the sea-coast, but had scarcely arrived when Lander departed to Cape Coast Castle to procure a supply of cowries. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa Thus gold came to share the same magical reputation as the cowry and the pearl. The Evolution of the Dragon According to him 80 cowries were equivalent to 6 cash, or a half-penny. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 It is curious that in counting the cowries, they call eighty a hundred; whilst in all other things they calculate by the common hundred. The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 There is a very interesting letter from the Dixie professor of Ecclesiastical History, Cambridge, who asks Graham to collect for him whelks, limpets, periwinkles, snails, cowries, etc. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha As Mansong did not seem likely to fulfil his promise soon, Park found it necessary to provide, by the sale of some of his merchandise, a sufficient supply of cowries. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa It represents a collar from which golden amulets, probably representing cowries, are suspended. The Evolution of the Dragon He treats his slave kindly, hanging little bells and cowries about its neck. Behind the Bungalow Mr. Park sent me on shore with forty thousand cowries to buy provisions. The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 The "Buyapart," valued at twenty-five cents, is a piece of cloth four inches square, covered thickly over with the small shells called cowries, sewed on. Journal of an African Cruiser The value of the articles is paid in cowries, the chief currency of central Africa. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa Moreover, we know why the cowry was regarded as feminine and accredited with life-giving attributes. The Evolution of the Dragon The cove was noted for its wonderful shells, producing many cowries and long shells called pointers. Light O' the Morning Halted here the 15th, in order to purchase cowries. The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 Found a small cowry shell of remarkable beauty on dead coral in the Bay. My Tropic Isle The Dutch trade with the natives for cowries, little shells used as money on some parts of the coasts of Africa and India. The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea The burial of shells with the dead is an extremely ancient practice, for cowries have been found upon human skeletons of the so-called "Upper Palæolithic Age" of Southern Europe. The Evolution of the Dragon In some of their inland towns, the Arabs and Azanbaji use small white porcelain shells, or cowries; which are brought from the Levant to Venice, and sent from thence into Africa. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 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 Sent him three swords, and ten spans of yellow cloth; received in return six thousand cowries. The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 Yes; and the shell table with 'Bless our Home' on it, in pink cowries? Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch In buying and selling commodities they use cowries. Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han Long before the shell-amulet became personified as a woman the Mediterranean people had definitely adopted the belief in the cowry's ability to give life and birth. The Evolution of the Dragon I am sure, the wisest thing for him and Menie both, is to permit me to spend this short time of probation in the land of cowries. The Surgeon's Daughter There are, indeed, few things which have travelled so far and have lasted so long as cowries—they have been found even amongst "Anglo-Saxon" remains. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 She took up a handful, and presently picked out one perfect valve like a rose petal, three fairy cups of limpets, four ribbed cowries, and a thing like a green pea. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Clams and cowries and other molluscs people the cracks and crevices of coral blocks, and congregate beneath detached masses and loose stones. Confessions of a Beachcomber The girdle of fig-leaves, however, was originally a surrogate of the girdle of cowries: it was an amulet to give fertility. The Evolution of the Dragon He was an old friend, very good-natured, and he made fun with Lucy about having turned into a spotted leopard, just like the cowry shell on Mrs. Bunker's mantel-piece. Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe Stephen's embarrassed hand moved over the shells heaped in the cold stone mortar: whelks and money cowries and leopard shells: and this, whorled as an emir's turban, and this, the scallop of saint James. Ulysses Some of the cowries were very beautiful, particularly those of a deep brown colour approaching to black. Australian Search Party It was most important that I should discover the exact route by which the cowries arrived from the south, as it would be my guide to that direction. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The symbol seems to have been intended as a fertility amulet like the cowry, either suspended from a girdle or depicted upon a pubic shield or conventionalized fig-leaf. The Evolution of the Dragon "Don't you think you would be welcome in matting, with an orange cowry round your neck?" The Daisy chain, or Aspirations At Abeokuta in Yoruba a man will send a symbolical letter in the shape of cowries, palm-nuts and other kernels strung on rice- straw, and sharp wits readily interpret the meaning. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 Kamraviona was sent to us with a load of coffee, which Kamrasi had purchased with cowries, and to inquire how we had slept. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile The 'white men' must be Arab traders who bring cowries from Zanzibar. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Both this reputation and the association with the female organs of reproduction link up the symbol with the cowry, the Pterocera, and the octopus. The Evolution of the Dragon His copper coinage was so uniformly good that the cowry disappeared altogether from commerce during his reign. The Civilization of China Her prize was a long water gourd strapped with leather and decorated with cowry shells. The Land of Footprints One day I happened to speak of my disappointment in failing to trade for a beautiful pair of orange cowries. South Sea Tales The goddess Aphrodite was closely related to Cyprus; the mandrake was a magical plant there; and the cowry is so intimately associated with the island as to be called Cypræa. The Evolution of the Dragon The magic girdle assumed a great variety of forms as the number of surrogates of the cowry increased. The Evolution of the Dragon The powers of the cowry, as a product of the sea, were rationalized into an expression of the great creative force of the water. The Evolution of the Dragon One night I was out fishing in the lagoon with Oti, the man who had been mulcted of the cowries. South Sea Tales |
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