There’s an old padlock, a string of cowrie shells, and a blue fishnet “that was donated a long time ago,” she says. With its bright color palette, the tone of the work is joyful.

Cornrows looked just as ethereal when styled into a braided fauxhawk that ran down the centre of the head and was finished off with cowrie shells. Modern Mod: The retro obsession shows no signs of ...

It is decorated with European glass beads and cowrie shells sourced from the Indian Ocean. Rich in symbolism, the throne includes carvings of a two-headed snake, an earth spider representing wisdom, ...

De Longpré (1843-1911), and an impressive African Dan Guere mask with cowrie shells and bronze bells are a few expected top lots in Converse Auctions Artcurial will return to the Es Saadi Palace, in ...

Her first solo show for SS17, Ezekiel, was inspired by the court of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, mixing impeccably cut tailoring with cowrie-shell and bone beading. In 2016 she won the LVMH ...

And so the Makua chief gives him a cowrie shell encrusted basket. And he reaches down before he hands it over and he puts soil from Mozambique in the basket. And the Makua chief says, "I'm ...

A beautiful hand-painted Chinese bottle vase, a painting of roses by the French ‘fleuriste’ Raoul M. De Longpré (1843-1911), and an impressive African Dan Guere mask with cowrie shells and bronze ...

We turned on our headlamps, and our senses were assaulted by a rich array of objects: chunks of Victorian brick and coal, oyster shells, fragments of 17th-century brown-and-blue potsherds from the ...

The CEO, Cowry Asset Management Limited, Johnson Chukwu, explained that crude oil exports from Nigeria may remain unaffected by the tariff. “Trump has already exempted tariffs on energy products ...

Now a decidedly middle-class hobby, undertaken by history buffs hunting for treasures, mudlarking actually began as a trade of the Victorian poor. Kate Sumnall, Curator of Archeology at the London ...