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How to use cowry in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word cowry? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
A larger clam or cowry shell and an auger shell can stand in for Goddess and God images in a pinch, particularly on a small altar.
The men wear a horned headdress with a tall tuft of feathers and a fringe of cowry shells dangling over their faces.
The King wanted to replace the cowry shells, used as small change, with copper coins.
Instead of the usual facepiece made of mesh and covered with cowry shells, this one is made from a radiator grid and covered with sparkplugs.
Gold beads were made in the rorm of cowry shells, drums, padlocks, amulets and talismans.
She's got an elegant collection of cowry, nautilus and snail shells dipped in gold as well.
This dancer is wearing a traditional wool dress with a cape made of cowry shells and elk teeth.
The caesalpina bonduc seeds and cowry shells, the most common in mancala games, are large enough to count and distribute the counters comfortably around the holes.
Examples from Classical Literature
Two things are essential to the astrologer, namely, a bag of cowry shells, and an almanac.
The cowry has never had a lip that was not thickened, nor an exterior that was not porcellanous.
It was probably by the Arabs that the cowry was introduced to the east coast of Africa.
He then ties a lock of hair, a cowry shell, a piece of turmeric, and an article of gold on the right wrist of the patient.
The cowry shell is, with the same object, tied round the neck or pasterns of a valued horse, or on a cow or buffalo.
They asked if I could send them some cowry shells, which they use as decorations for the dance.
Some cowry shells are then thrown into the tank, and the vessel is filled with water, and taken to the house.
Her prize was a long water gourd strapped with leather and decorated with cowry shells.
One of the prettiest of the gastropod shells, is that of the cowry, in some parts of Africa used as money.
In western Africa the money cowry has been and is now used as a medium of exchange in place of gold.
The money cowry is also used as ornaments on the trappings of horses and elephants, as well as on the persons of men and women.
The cowry circulation of the Indian coasts is probably a case in point.
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