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FOUR SMALL COWRIE SHELLS
CHINA, NEOLITHIC PERIOD (CIRCA 6500-1700 BC)
Three now completely altered and opaque, the fourth with some green staining and polished; together with a shell circular ornament or button with one convex side and a central aperture
Largest shell 1 in. (2.5 cm.) long; ornament 1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.) wide

Provenance
The shells: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 2000.
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