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This cowrie shell is from Malindi. The seller suggested it would work as a great ash tray but in times past such shells would be blow into for call signals. I tried blowing the shell but I think I don't have the right technique for it since no actual sound was produced. I settled with the title as "Ancestral Call"
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Ancestral Call
A cowrie shell.
Registered with Genesis · 13 October 2026
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KSh 2,500
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