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Headpieces made from cowrie shells are traditionally worn by young trainees.

In the Ifá tradition, every one of the 256 sacred Odù can be represented both by combinations of vertical dashes and by arrangements of cowrie shells or palm nuts on the divination tray.

One, in a purple dress beaded with cowrie shells, had a matching purple hood.

One blue and white duo, covered in beads, cowrie shells and little bottles, splits the difference between Nick Cave and central African power figures.

Strings of cowrie shells were tied to the wooden staff she held in her varicose-veined hands, and she leaned on it with each step as she approached.