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Prunum carneum
Skull figure atwonzen, Bamileke population Cameroon, Western Province, Chiefdom of Fonchatula. 19th century Wood, vegetable fibers, glass beads, cowrie shells Africa, African.
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'What if it took 13 artisans, 10 days, 2500 cowrie shells, 60 hours of hand sewing, 4 fittings, a chain stitcher, students from a Brooklyn nonprofit, and a Grammy winner to pull this off? Yeah, we wouldn’t believe it either!'
In African traditions, cowrie shells are believed to offer protection from evil.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture notes:
'Knowing that Africans used cowries as charms for protection, historians speculate the cowries may have been brought to America as talismans to resist enslavement.'