Cowry
Cowry Cowry or Cowrie (shell) Various species of Cowry from all over ... the Maldives or the East Indies. The shell itself is smooth and more or less ... Canada is named after this type of shell. There is some debate about how they ... the shells were used in the area. Cowrie (stamp) The typewritten postage stamps of ...
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Petroform
... Park, Canada, which is named after the cowrie shells used by aboriginals. These shapes were ... Provincial Park is named after a white shell, or the migis shell (a cowrie shell) that was very important to many ...
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Inuyasha THE MOVIE: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
... of the Fire Rat, the Swallow's Cowrie Shell, and the Stone Bowl of Buddha. Kagome ... Kohaku, taking off with the Swallow's Cowrie Shell that was in Kohaku's possession. After ...
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Candomblé
... the ceremony, starting in the early morning, cowrie-shell divinations (jogo de búzios) are performed, and ... daughters, largely by means of a divinatory cowrie shell game. However the succession may be very ...
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The Chinese monetary system history   (translated from Japanese)
... Before the coinage 殷 ・ lap , the shell of the cowrie was designated as the money. This kind ... types which it is possible with the shell of the turtle) The shellfish goods (the ... types which it is possible with the shell) Sen goods (weight bronze money of 12 ...
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Midewiwin
... other aboriginal groups or organizations. The Migis shell, or cowrie shell is used in some ceremonies, along with ... Provincial Park is named after the white shell used in Midewiwin ceremonies. This park contains ...
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Anoukis   (translated from French)
... ambiguous name. It is then associated the shell cowrie of which the shape recall that of ...
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Tunjur
... beads, an ostrich eggshell necklace, a perforated cowrie shell, and iron jewellery. One of the corroded ...
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Oropom
... was a custom of wearing a single cowrie shell attached to a forelock places over the ...
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Talk:Jórvík
... axehead of amber was found— but a cowrie shell must have come from the Red Sea ...
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