10 JACKSON, Money Cowry as a Sacred Object. 



that to cease to be was only to assume another form, 

 dissolution being merely the passage to reproduction. 

 In its association with the Borfimor we seem to have the 

 reflection of some such ideas, the fetish being animated 

 by the indwelling life of the victim and the spirit attracted 

 to it" (p. 67). 



The Borfimor bag also contained a pebble made of 

 some earthy matter and lime, in one side of which was 

 incorporated a cowry shell. 



