Fortune telling with cowrie shells, Saly, Thies, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Black Cowry, Cypraeidae, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Dancer wearing hat decorated with cowrie shells, Djemma el Fna, Marrakech (Marrakesh), Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Camel adorned with colourful tassels, Bikaner Desert Festival, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Portrait of Burui, Banna Tribe, Gargew Village, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Portrait of Warka, Hamar Tribe, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Bronze Han Dynasty cowrie container with yaks and lion decorations, on display in the Shanghai Museum, China

Cowrie shell money and terracota coins from Sri Vijaya period in Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Bronze Han Dynasty cowrie container with yaks decorations, on display in the Shanghai Museum, China

Naga man wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur and wearing a tiger teeth necklace, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men at Grand Finale (tribal dancing) in headdresses of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur topped with a hornbill feather, with tiger claw straps, wearing tiger teeth necklaces, heirloom ivory armbands and aprons decoratated with cowrie shells, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur, topped with hornbill feather and tiger claw neckband also tiger teeth necklace, ivory armbands and apron decorated with cowrie shells, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing woven cane headdress decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, and tiger teeth necklace, ivory arm bands, bear fur anklets and aprons decorated with cowrie shells, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga tribal groups lined up in traditional clothes waiting for the arrival of the General, wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wildboar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, with bear teeth necklaces, also wearing aprons decorated with cowrie shells, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horns (wild cow) and bear fur topped with hornbill feather with tiger teeth necklaces and cowrie shell aprons, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga tribal groups lined up in traditional clothes waiting for the arrival of the General, wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wildboar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, with bear teeth necklaces, also wearing aprons decorated with cowrie shells, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing woven cane headdress decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, and tiger teeth necklace, ivory arm bands, bear fur anklets and aprons decorated with cowrie shells, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga lady wearing conch shell earings dancing, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris) at night, Short drop-off, Palau, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean, Pacific

Tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris) at night, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Egg cowrie, Similan Islands, Thailand, Andaman Sea, Southeast Asia, Asia

Tiger Cowrie (Cyprae tigris), shell with mantle retracted, Rurutu, French Polynesia Underwater.

Cowrie.

Indian tapestry with cowrie shells and mirrors, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Fiji, Allied cowry (Aclyvolva lanceolata) on whip coral.

Brown-Tipped Spindel Cowrie (Pellasimnia brunneiterma) on sea fan, Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia