Download or read book Cowrie Shells and Cowrie Money written by Bin Yang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originating in the sea, especially in the waters surrounding the low-lying islands of the Maldives, Cypraea moneta (sometimes confused with Cypraea annulus) was transported to various parts of Afro-Eurasia in the prehistoric era, and in many cases, it was gradually transformed into a form of money in various societies for a long span of time. Yang provides a global examination of cowrie money within and beyond Afro-Eurasia from the archaeological period to the early twentieth century. By focusing on cowrie money in Indian, Chinese, Southeast Asian and West African societies and shell money in Pacific and North American societies, Yang synthsises and illustrates the economic and cultural connections, networks and interactions over a longue durée and in a cross-regional context. Analysing locally varied experiences of cowrie money from a global perspective, Yang argued that cowrie money was the first global money that shaped Afro-Eurasian societies both individually and collectively. He proposes a paradigm of the cowrie money world that engages local, regional, transregional and global themes.
Download or read book Cowrie Shell Journal written by Quixotic Quixotic Press and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-09 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cowrie Shell Design Ruled Journal The perfect journal for shell enthusiasts! Also great as a gift for Birthdays, Christmas and special occasions. This journal features 120 pages, with each page providing a space for the date, and ruled lines to write your journal on. Great for: Journaling Keeping a diary Making lists Keeping a dream diary Organisation Planning events Keeping a health/exercise/food log Habit tracking Writing down recipes Study notes The glossy cover features a cowrie shell design, and the 6" x 9" size is perfect for easy portability. This design also available as a dot grid notebook or as a ruled notebook - check out the author page for Quixotic Press.
Download or read book Walking on Cowrie Shells written by Nana Nkweti and published by Black Spot Books. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “boisterous and high-spirited debut” (Kirkus starred review)“that enthralls the reader through their every twist and turn” (Publishers Weekly starred review), named one of the Most Anticipated Books for Brittle Paper, The Millions, and The Rumpus, penned by a finalist for the AKO Caine PrizeIn her powerful, genre-bending debut story collection, Nana Nkweti's virtuosity is on full display as she mixes deft realism with clever inversions of genre. In the Caine Prize finalist story “It Takes a Village, Some Say,” Nkweti skewers racial prejudice and the practice of international adoption, delivering a sly tale about a teenage girl who leverages her adoptive parents to fast-track her fortunes. In “The Devil Is a Liar,” a pregnant pastor's wife struggles with the collision of western Christianity and her mother's traditional Cameroonian belief system as she worries about her unborn child.In other stories, Nkweti vaults past realism, upending genre expectations in a satirical romp about a jaded PR professional trying to spin a zombie outbreak in West Africa, and in a mermaid tale about a Mami Wata who forgoes her power by remaining faithful to a fisherman she loves.
Download or read book Cowrie Shell List Book written by Quixotic Quixotic Press and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cowrie Shell Design List Book The perfect notebook for fans of shells and the beach! Also great as a gift for Birthdays, Christmas and special occasions. This multipurpose paperback notebook contains 120 pages of white ruled paper with a line at the top for the list title and check boxes on each line, great for creating: To-do lists Grocery shopping lists Project plans Wish lists A reading journal Contact lists Meeting notes The glossy cover features a cowrie shell design, and the 6" x 9" size is perfect for easy portability. This design also available as a ruled notebook, a dot grid notebook or as a journal - check out the author page for Quixotic Press for these and a range of other designs.
Download or read book African Cowrie Shells Divination written by Zolrak and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Cowrie Shells and Learn How to Read the Messages of Ifá and the Higher Spiritual Planes Divination with cowrie shells is one of the oldest known spiritual practices in the world. Originated by the Yoruba people of West Africa, cowrie shell divination is a powerful technique for connecting to the wisdom of ancestors, spirits, and deities. This book shares the history of cowrie shell divination and shows you how to open the portals of spiritual communication with the shells and related divination systems, such as cola nuts and coconuts. Written by a long-time practitioner, African Cowrie Shells Divination provides the meaning of the sixteen shell combinations as well as tips and variations for readings based on the specific question being asked. Discover the powerful messages of the Orishas and the mystical divination techniques of Candomblé, Santería, and other traditions of the African diaspora. Explore the instructive stories known as patakkís and apply their guidance to your life. The cowrie shells are sacred magical tools. With the history, theories, and hands-on instructions in this guide, you will learn how the shells can be used to answer your most important questions and achieve your true destiny.
Download or read book Cowrie Shell Ruled Notebook written by Quixotic Quixotic Press and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-08 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cowrie Shell Design Ruled Notebook The perfect notebook for shell enthusiasts! Also great as a gift for Birthdays, Christmas and special occasions. This multipurpose paperback notebook contains 120 pages of white ruled paper, great for: Writing and taking notes Creating to-do lists Planning and setting goals Keeping organised Keeping a diary/journal Writing down recipes The glossy cover features a cowrie shell design, and the 6" x 9" size is perfect for easy portability. This design also available as a dot grid notebook or as a journal - check out the author page for Quixotic Press.
Download or read book Cowrie Shell Design Weekly Diary written by Quixotic Quixotic Press and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cowrie Shell Design 2021 Weekly Diary Ideal as a stocking filler or Secret Santa gift! The perfect diary for seashell enthusiasts! Also great as a gift for Birthdays, Christmas and special occasions. This paperback diary features a yearly overview page as well as a page for planning each month. It covers January 2021 to December 2021, and gives you plenty of room to organise your year. Each weekly overview contains a page to write in appointments for each day of the week and a ruled pages to write down any notes you wish. There is also a section to write down contacts. The glossy cover features a cowrie shell design, and the 6" x 9" size is perfect for easy portability. This design also available as a: Ruled notebook Dot grid notebook Squared notebook Journal List Book Sketchbook Daily Agenda Check out the author page for Quixotic Press for these and many more designs!
Download or read book Cowries written by Felix Lorenz and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Shell Money of the Slave Trade written by Jan Hogendorn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-18 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the role of cowrie-shell money in West African trade, particularly the slave trade.
Download or read book Cowrie Shell Dot Grid Notebook written by Quixotic Quixotic Press and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-08 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cowrie Shell Design Dot Grid Notebook The perfect notebook for shell enthusiasts! Also great as a gift for Birthdays, Christmas and special occasions. This paperback notebook contains 120 pages of white dot grid paper perfect for: Writing and taking notes Creating to-do lists Planning and setting goals Keeping organised Bullet journaling Keeping a journal/diary Writing down recipes Planning events The glossy cover features a cowrie shell design, and the 6" x 9" size is perfect for easy portability. This design also available as a journal or as a ruled notebook - check out the author page for Quixotic Press.
Download or read book A Fistful of Shells written by Toby Green and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time the “Scramble for Africa” among European colonial powers began in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for centuries. Its gold had fueled the economies of Europe and the Islamic world for nearly a millennium, and the sophisticated kingdoms spanning its west coast had traded with Europeans since the fifteenth century. Until at least 1650, this was a trade of equals, using a variety of currencies—most importantly, cowrie shells imported from the Maldives and nzimbu shells imported from Brazil. But, as the slave trade grew, African kingdoms began to lose prominence in the growing global economy. We have been living with the effects of this shift ever since. With A Fistful of Shells, Toby Green transforms our view of West and West-Central Africa by reconstructing the world of these kingdoms, which revolved around trade, diplomacy, complex religious beliefs, and the production of art. Green shows how the slave trade led to economic disparities that caused African kingdoms to lose relative political and economic power. The concentration of money in the hands of Atlantic elites in and outside these kingdoms brought about a revolutionary nineteenth century in Africa, parallel to the upheavals then taking place in Europe and America. Yet political fragmentation following the fall of African aristocracies produced radically different results as European colonization took hold. Drawing not just on written histories, but on archival research in nine countries, art, oral history, archaeology, and letters, Green lays bare the transformations that have shaped world politics and the global economy since the fifteenth century and paints a new and masterful portrait of West Africa, past and present.
Download or read book The Archaeologist s Laboratory written by Edward B. Banning and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-27 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of the classic textbook, The Archaeologist’s Laboratory, is a substantially revised work that offers updated information on the archaeological work that follows fieldwork, such as the processing and analysis of artifacts and other evidence. An overarching theme of this edition is the quality and validity of archaeological arguments and the data we use to support them. The book introduces many of the laboratory activities that archaeologists carry out and the ways we can present research results, including graphs and artifact illustrations. Part I introduces general topics concerning measurement error, data quality, research design, typology, probability and databases. It also includes data presentation, basic artifact conservation, and laboratory safety. Part II offers brief surveys of the analysis of lithics and ground stone, pottery, metal artifacts, bone and shell artifacts, animal and plant remains, and sediments, as well as dating by stratigraphy, seriation and chronometric methods. It concludes with a chapter on archaeological illustration and publication. A new feature of the book is illustration of concepts through case studies from around the world and from the Palaeolithic to historical archaeology.The text is appropriate for senior undergraduate students and will also serve as a useful reference for graduate students and professional archaeologists.
Download or read book Slavery in Small Things written by James Walvin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits isthe first book to explore the long-range cultural legacy of slavery through commonplace daily objects. Offers a new and original approach to the history of slavery by an acknowledged expert on the topic Traces the relationship between slavery and modern cultural habits through an analysis of commonplace objects that include sugar, tobacco, tea, maps, portraiture, print, and more Represents the only study that utilizes common objects to illustrate the cultural impact and legacy of the Atlantic slave trade Makes the topic of slavery accessible to a wider public audience
Download or read book Only One Cowry written by and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clever young fellow persuades an equally clever chief's daughter to marry the king of Dahomey, and both the young man and future queen prosper in the bargain.
Download or read book Sixteen Cowries written by William Russell Bascom and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1980-05-22 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " . . . a landmark in research of African oral traditions." —African Arts " . . . a significant contribution to the understanding of Yoruba religious belief, magic, and art." —Journal of Religion in Africa Yoruba texts and English translations of a divination system that originated in Nigeria and is widely practiced today by male and female diviners in the diaspora. A landmark edition.
Download or read book A Guide to Worldwide Cowries written by Felix Lorenz and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book East African Cowry Shells written by Shaun Metcalfe and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, Cowries of East Africa, by Tim O'Hare and Shaun Metcalfe, is intended to be a field guide. The book details over 70 species and subspecies of cowry shells found on the East African coastlines of Kenya and Tanzania and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba. The book also covers common cowry relatives found in the area. Each species of cowry shell is accompanied by comprehensive colour photographs to make identification easy. It has also been possible to include some photographs of live cowry shells. The book, fully researched and up to date, is a work in progress, especially as more photographs of live shells are obtained. Shaun and Tim were brought up on the coast of Kenya where their interest in coral reefs began.
