Wire Wrapped Purple Cowrie Shell Pendant past lives when there is an ocean

when there is an ocean waiting”

and traditions

Each chapter opens with an affirmation

They are often burned in an Abalone shell

This female aspect and child live within all of us

Wire Wrapped Purple Cowrie Shell Pendant past lives when there is an ocean14k Gold Filled Wire Wrapped Purple Cowrie Shell Pendant JWR0013 48mm x 24mm x 15mm. Purple Cowrie Shell Pendant. Shells have been used as money in ancient America, Asia, Africa, and Australia. It was used as legal tender up until the mid 19th century in West Africa. A white variety of cowrie shell called sacred Miigis shell was used by the Ojibwa, or Chippewa Tribe in Mediwiwin (Grand Medicine Society) ceremonies, a secretive religion of the Indians