The cowrie shell also has deep ties to womanhood. According to The Met, the shell’s “resemblance to the female vulva and alternatively to a squinting eye is thought to underlie a magical association ...

Scarf, bandana, neckerchief, silk patch, carpet sea shell necklace stock illustrations Vector shawl blue print on a white background. Fashionable... Beads from white pearls, womens elegant jewelry ...

Large mother-of-pearl shell (Meleagrina) cut down to an almost circular shape and pierced with two holes for threading onto a necklace. At the centre it ... and would have been worn as a pendant with ...

Photo by Jian Xin (Jae) Liao. Imitation pearls made of shell, or “shell pearls,” have a long history in the jewelry market and have been reported in previous Lab Notes columns (Fall 1984, p. 170; ...

Things snowballed from that point onwards: Loewe showed mother-of-pearl shell pendants, Roksanda a single ... and ‘Drop it like it’s Hot’ necklaces – which feature shells fused with ...