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Hi Renee,
I've sent my response to your email address with an article
attached, a few reference suggestions, and a couple of
thoughts re: cowries.
Anne Grulich
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>Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 23:15:15 -0400
>From: "King, Julia" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Unusual Cowrie Shell
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>This post is made on behalf of a student at St. Mary's
College of
>Maryland researching cowrie shells recovered from a site
along the
>Patuxent River in Maryland.
>
>From Renee Malone: I am researching two cowrie shells
recovered from
>plow zone contexts at a c. 1711-1750 plantation on the
Patuxent River in
>Calvert County, MD. The two shells were found near the
foundation of the
>planter's dwelling. The top of one shell had been removed,
perhaps to
>allow thread through for use as jewelry or personal
adornment. The
>second shell is more unique in that it had lead poured into
it the
>shell's cavity. A lead eye - like the back of a button -
had been
>inserted in the lead. We believe that it may have also been
used as some
>sort of adornment, perhaps belonging to the same item as
the first
>shell. I assume the shells belonged to an enslaved person
(s), but I also
>recognize that the artifacts could have also come from
objects owned and
>used by the planter and/or his family.
>
>An image of the second shell can be found at:
>http://www.jefpat.org/3arch-current.htm; then click on
Unusual Cowrie
>shell.
>
>I would appreciate any information anyone is willing to
offer for my
>research. Thank you, Renee Malone.
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