Contrary to what you might think ethno-conchology is not the study of conking people on the head, it is the study of shell money. I learned this on a tour of the Delaware Natural History Museum. The exhibit was full of cowrie shells, which have been used as money by many groups.
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Ethno-conchology, it's not what you think.
Contrary to what you might think ethno-conchology is not the study of conking people on the head, it is the study of shell money. I learned this on a tour of the Delaware Natural History Museum. The exhibit was full of cowrie shells, which have been used as money by many groups.
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