Tiger Cowrie Storage Container

₹255.00
DESCRIPTION

Tiger Cowries are roughly egg-shaped and dextral, the glossy shell is large and heavy for a cowry. It measures up to 15 cm (6 in) in length, and the upper or dorsal side is white or buff, densely covered with dark brown or blackish barely circular spots. The high, inflated shell may be white or golden brown with scattered dark brown or black spots and a golden mantle line that runs the length of the shell. This elegantly designed tiger cowrie storage container has a lid on the top which is circular in shape. The circular top has a finished and self-design chrome finish lid which gives ease of accessibility. The cowrie has a cut on its top which is polished & glazed and fixed with the lid to cover it. It can store various tiny items and it can be used as an organiser.

A cowrie, also known as kaudi or cowry is a marine mollusc which has a glossy, brightly patterned domed shell with a long, narrow opening. The cowrie was the shell most widely used worldwide as shell money. It is most abundant in the Indian Ocean, and was collected in the Maldives and in Sri Lanka and on other Indian islands. The shells of cowries are usually smooth and shiny and more or less egg-shaped, with a flat under surface which shows a long, narrow, slit-like opening, which is often toothed at the edges.

USES

A seashell or sea shell, also known simply as a shell, is a naturally occurring, hard, protective outer layer created by an animal that lives in the sea. If you've ever walked on a beach, you've seen seashells, and maybe even collected some to take home. Most shells that are found on beaches are usually made of calcium carbonate. Most seashells come from molluscs, a large group of marine animals including clams, mussels, and oysters, which exude shells as a protective covering.  These shells, because of their bright colours, rich variety of shapes and designs, and abundance along seashores, have long been used for ornaments, tools, and coins. Seashells are commonly found in beach drift, which are natural deposits found along strandlines on beaches by the waves and the tides.

Seashells have been used as a medium of exchange and currency in various places, including many Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean islands, also in North America, Africa and the Caribbean. Seashells have often been used as tools, because of their strength and the variety of their shapes. Seashells have been used as musical instruments, wind instruments for many hundreds if not thousands of years. Whole seashells or parts of sea shells have been used as jewellery or in other forms of adornment since prehistoric times. Shells historically have been and still are made into, or incorporated into, necklaces, pendants, buttons, beads, earrings, brooches, rings, belt buckles and other uses. Small pieces of coloured and iridescent shell have been used to create mosaics and inlays, which have been used to decorate walls, furniture and boxes. Large numbers of whole seashells, arranged to form patterns, have been used to decorate mirror frames and furniture.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Product Name: Tiger Cowrie Storage Container
Product Code: KSSM/001/016/002/001/TC
Product Type: Tiger Cowrie Sindoor Box
Product Size (Approx.): Max. dimension of Tiger Cowrie (Length) – 4”
Colour: Black with white spots (On Top)
Product Packing (Pieces): 1 pc
Pattern: Tiger like designer pattern
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