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Throughout the history of humanity, shells of many types and from many different kinds of animals have been popular as human adornments. They are often used whole and drilled so that they can be threaded like a bead, or cut into pieces of various shapes.
The uses have including all kinds of pendants, beads, buttons, brooches, rings, and hair combs among other uses.
The Moche culture of ancient Peru worshipped animals and the sea and often depicted shells in their art.[2] Indigenous peoples of the Americas used shells for wampum and hair pipes.[3]
Small pieces of colored and iridescent shell have been used to create mosaics and inlays, which have been used to decorate walls, or smaller items such as boxes and furniture. Large numbers of whole seashells, arranged to form patterns, have been used to decorate man-made grottos.
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