5 shell ornaments that were probably attached in the form of a necklace.The pieced are cut from the silver portion of a black lipped pearl shell and have each been pierced in one place to be strung on a cord of red cotton thread. Two are shaped like pointed horse shoes and two are like isosceles triangles pierced at the apex and one like an isosceles triangle pierced halfway down one side.
ornament (personal adornment)
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