Cowrie Shell Button

Est. $ 35 - 60 Cowrie Shell Button. Cowrie shell button carved with tower, wall, and person. Approx., .75inched shell set in faceted steel cup.

4 Small/Medium buttons is non iridescent shell. These 4 19th century shell examples include a carved helmet shell duck set with a cut steel border. Others included are three cowrie shell buttons inclu

20th century patchwork wall hanging from India - Banjara Gypsy. Embroidered, beaded cowry shells, button all hand sewn together to form colorful patchwork textile on black cotton backing. (ACGQ9802) [

Turkish Camel Trappings. Embellished with cowrie shells, buttons, embroidery and beads, 20th C. Size: 1) 18'' x 16'', 46 x 41 cm; 2) 3' 8'' x 1' 10'', 97 x 279 cm.

African beaded and cowrie shell-decorated items, group of three, comprising a small woven sisal bag with beads, cowrie shells, and button-decorated strap, red and blue mulit-strand bead collar, and a

Horse-head trapping, Bakhtiyari, Iran, 19th Century. Tablet woven band with cowrie shells and buttons. Bought by John Wertime in Teheran in 1975. Published by Wertime in Lori and Bakhtiyari Flatweaves

Antique African Lega Bwami Society Hat, DRC. Woven plant fiber, shells, cowrie shells and buttons. Provenance: Mythic Arts Africa, New York, 1991. Size without strap: 11'' x 5.75'' x 5.5'' (28 x 15 x

Decorated with pennies, buttons, and cowry shells. Includes Canadian Pacific shipping tag.58" H x 67" W

Chin cotton coat decorated with buttons and cowry shells, Myanmar, mid 20th C. Size: 45'' x 42.5'' (114 x 108 cm).

5 Cards of S/M/L Pearl and Shell Buttons, including Operculum, Cowrie and a Cool Realistic Carved Pearl Palm Tree

Haka Chin silk and cotton skirt with buttons, seeds and cowry shells. Size: 31'' x 49'', 79 x 124 cm (cut).

30 Medium assorted 19th century shell buttons. This lot includes pearl, Cowrie, Carved, in metal, dyed, cut steel OME and more. Issued: DIVISION 1=PRE 1918 AND DIVISION 3 IS AFTER 1918 Dimensions: SM=

Two Asian trade textiles including one woven in plaid with buttons, and one with beads and cowrie shells. 20th century. Dimensions:  One Including Beaded Fringe - 46" H x

Group (6) Lega Bwami hats, DR Congo, conical form woven fibre, the exterior beaded in buttons, cowrie, muscle and nuts shells, most with horn or fiber finial tails, each approx. 9"h Provenance: Estate

14k Yellow Gold Citrine and Emerald Encrusted Cowrie Shell Pin Brooch. One large round cut citrine measuring 13.3mm. The body with the cowrie with alternating smaller round cut citrine jewels along wi

A group of three silver-mounted cowrie shell snuffboxes, late 18th to early 19th century, the first engraved with the crest of the House of Sutherland, Dunrobin Castle, 6.5cm long, the second engraved

African Yoruba Ibeji Figure in Cowrie Shell Mantle, Nigeria. Carved wood, pigment and beads. Property from the collection of Helen Cunningham and Ted Newbold, Philadelphia, PA. Size: 11'' x 8'' x 5.25

Two Yoruba "Ere Ibeji" carved wood figures with cowrie shell garmentLate 19th/early 20th century; Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, AfricaAppears unmarkedTwin female statuettes held within a leather carrying b

North America, Native American, Mississippian Culture, ca. 1000 to 1600 CE; Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A collection of carved shell artifacts from ancient Pre-Columbian

A collection of Georgian silver mounted cowrie shell and hardstone boxes various makers and dates Comprising: a cowrie shell snuff box, unmarked circa 1780, natural shell with hinged silver base; a l

A LATE 18TH CENTURY FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED COWRIE SHELL SNUFF BOX, the hinged cover repoussé with a shell, scrolls, flowers and leaves, the mount bright-cut engraved and with shell-form motifs to ei

A Georgian cowrie shell snuff box, the white metal mount with radiating engraving and hinged initialled cover. Length measuring 3 1/4 inches (8 cm).

A George III sterling silver gilt mounted tiger cowrie shell, London 1809 by Thomas Phipps and Edward Robinson The hinged mount engraved with a circular cartouche with initials MB in cursive script ag

Lot 17 African Yoruba Ibeji Twin Figure with Cowrie Shell Cloak wood, cowrie shells Carved wood figure with cowrie shell cloak overall: 9 1/2 x 9 x 5 inches Provenance: Property from the Estate of Ros