Sentences with word «cowry»
Ward overlays this contemporary monetary reference with cowry shells, an earlier form of currency found in many cultures, and gives the paintings a distinct patina by pouring and rubbing white rum flecked with gold and silver powder in a ritualistic fashion, producing an ethereal aura much like a Color Field painting.
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Even the paintings with cowry (or cowrie) shells remind me that these naturally occurring objects were once instruments of payment.
we spotted three Tiger cowry shells together, just like our three dive centers in Bunaken, Lembeh & Lembongan!
Matthew Day Jackson designed the plates and glasses, linens from Rashid Johnson (a big presence all weekend), ceramic cowry shells by Simone Leigh, and lighting by Leo Villareal.
Presented in three different rooms, the exhibition includes a 10 - foot tall cowry, cast in bronze and painted a bright pale green.
Historically, all sorts of goods have been used as money (from salt to cowry shells), but wherever gold and silver were available, the market eventually settled on these metals.
As depicted on «The History of Money» infographic, the first formal form of currency was cowry shells, all the way back in 1200 BC.
In the exhibition's third room is a bronze sculpture of a cowry shell.
Philpot's abiding interest in African forms appears in hand - carved wooden staffs and a stunning beaded stool adorned with rhinestones and cowry shells.
Bailey adorns a black doll with a tribal patterned gown, laced with beads, rhinestones, and cowry shells.
Adept at mixing pattern, color, and material, Sonhouse's paintings feature a variety of unusual materials such as matchsticks, steel wool and cowry shells, and include references to art historical figures from Ed Paschke to Pablo Picasso.
His mixed media paintings use a variety of materials, incorporating matchsticks, steel wool and cowry shells and include references to art historical figures ranging from Ed Paschke to Pablo Picasso.
And you have to have the blonde with the bone necklace and cowry shells, swinging from a vine.»