The shells are often viewed as currency. However, they hold a deeper meaning, especially when worn during the inaugural ...

For the most part, people were dressed for a somber affair in a sea of unremarkable navy and dark earth tones. However, one ...

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore cowrie shells to Trump's inauguration, but is there any significance to those shells ...

Seated among a sea of white conservatives and billionaires, Jackson’s ceremonial black robes were complemented by a striking cowrie shell collar—a deliberate and powerful choice. This was not ...

While Justice Jackson has yet to explain the exact meaning of her Inauguration collar, the cowrie shell’s multiple meanings ...

In this way, it might be easy to fall into the idea that clothing is as symbolically frivolous as the fashion naysayers often ...

Elon Musk’s critics blast his ‘Fascist salute’ at inaugural event while Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wears ...

Poised, powerful, and intentional, Justice Jackson sent a message with her main accessory of choice: a bold, layered cowrie shell necklace paired with matching earrings. Against her black ...

India's historical currency pieces, ranging from cowrie shells to coins like the Half Anna, Durmi, and Paisa, reflect the ...

Justice Jackson gave an interview to the Associated Press at the Supreme Court. The biggest reveal is that she takes boxing lessons to get out her ...

The cowrie shell also has deep ties to womanhood. According to The Met, the shell’s “resemblance to the female vulva and alternatively to a squinting eye is thought to underlie a magical association ...

Social media users compared the Supreme Court justice’s sartorial choice to one of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s most famous ...