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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 703924, member: 5833&quot;]I do have this one in my files for cowrie/cowry shell pieces.&nbsp; In case not everyone realizes, this is very unusual in that carver elected to cut the shell using a white layer for the scene, creating a concave cameo with the shell&#039;s spots able to show through, another example of how the translucency of thin shell can be used to create unusual effects.&nbsp; This is the way these cowries (which I keep wanting to call leopard cowries but for some perverse reason are known as tiger cowries) are generally used:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]187326[/ATTACH] </p><p>The small African money cowries are also used sometimes:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]187327[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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