Cowrie Shell
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bullowa
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.222037.60410 [dup1]
label: accession number
content: 222037
label: catalog number
content: NU60410.0002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cowry Shell Money
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shell cowry (cypraea moneta) (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: natural (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 19 mm x 31.5 mm; x 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in