Do-Coweri Danglers Handmade It was an acceptable means

It was an acceptable means of currency from ancient times all the way up to the 1800s

bone and pearls

The shape comes from a 5th-century sculpture from Mathura of the Abhisarika Nayika a

Held together with a

but its meaning in Sanskrit is "the one that moves"

Do-Coweri Danglers Handmade It was an acceptable meansThe Cowrie shell is typically the exoskeleton of a tiny sea snail. It was an acceptable means of currency from ancient times all the way up to the 1800s. Colloquially the phrase "do cowrie" or two cowries is used to say bare minimum. These statement earrings have been designed to highlight the shell in all its natural grandeur. These are not for the faint hearted they are heavy and rare. Made from a giant coweri clasped with brass. Product Details