Allied cowry (Phenacovolva gracilis), Southern Thailand, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean, Asia

Black Cowry, Cypraeidae, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Allied Cowry, Phenacovola sp., Kimbe Bay, New Britain, Papua New Guinea

A chocolate banded cowry (Talparia talpa), at night in the rubble on Kri Island, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of a woman with face painting, Mago National Park, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Ari girl, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Masks for sale in market, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Portrait of a man and wife with bone and cowry shell jewellery and decoration at a Sing-sing in Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islands, Pacific

Hamer lady wearing traditional goat skin dress decorated with cowie shells, carrying kalash on her way to market, Dombo village, Turmi, Lower Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Hamer lady wearing traditional goat skin dress decorated with cowie shells, Dombo village, Turmi, Lower Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Kalash headgear, Pakistan, Asia

Hamer tribe, Turmi, Ethiopia, Africa

Friendly young Hamer woman, Jumping of the Bull ceremony, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Pregnant Hamar woman with necklaces made of cowry shells coming out of her wooden hut, Omo River Valley, Southern Ethiopia, Africa

Sing Sing of Mount Hagen, a cultural show with ethnic groups, Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Wodaabe (Bororo) man with his face painted at the annual Gerewol male beauty contest, a general reunion of West African Wodaabe Peuls (Bororo Peul), Niger, West Africa, Africa

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

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

Sing Sing of Mount Hagen, a cultural show with ethnic groups, Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Kalash headgear, Pakistan, Asia

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

Voodoo fetish in Togoville, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing, Enga, Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Karo people in the village of Kolcho, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Cowries, beads and buttons, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Rosary made of cowries used in divination in the house of the Fa in Ouidah, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Hamer girl, Turmi market, Ethiopia, Africa

Senoufo masks at festivities, Loulouni Village, Sikasso area, Mali, Africa

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

Dani woman, Baliem Valley, West Papua, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, 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 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 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.

Large Cowry Shell On Beach, Maui, Hawaii, United States Of America

Hawaii, Oahu, Young girl holding a sea Cowry Shell.

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

mole cowry cowry with mantle partially covering the shell at night underwater Hawaii