1715

Conglomerate of money cowries (seashells) and porcelain shards, rare.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Periods & Styles Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 375.00 USD
Conglomerate of money cowries (seashells) and porcelain shards, rare.
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Conglomerate of money cowries (seashells) and porcelain shards, rare. 216 grams, about 4" x 2" x 2". This item, the first artifact we have ever offered from this wreck, a homebound Dutch East Indiaman sunk with a cargo of porcelain and pepper and salvaged in modern times by the companies Sealit and Sachs, is basically a clump of clay-like crud impregnated with 5 small shells known as cowries that were used as money in Africa as well as at least 2 shards of Chinese blue-on-white porcelain, all surrounding the void created by a completely disintegrated square-shank iron spike. With original certificate from the salvagers. Recovered from: Bennebroek, sunk in 1713 off South Africa