Indian Koda Buffalo Necklace

Two discs of cowries on a silver strand. Quiet was never the plan.

This Koda buffalo necklace comes from India and is made of cowrie shell and silver. Cowries have served widely across India as both ornament and a sign of wealth. Hundreds of small pale shells pack each of the two round panels, set edge to edge in loose spirals. A strand of faceted silver beads links them, meeting in a large openwork bead at the top. Fine chains with pointed drops hang below each disc. Twelve inches wide and an inch deep.

Subtlety was somebody else's department.