Shell Money
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: New Guinea
label: associated place
content: New Guinea
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU69502.1
label: accession number
content: 245613
label: catalog number
content: NU69502.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shell Money
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: Shell Money; Oceania; Dutch New Guinea
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: coral disks (9) (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: native fiber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rose red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: coral polished then strung (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5 1/4 in x 11 11/32 in; 13.335 cm x 28.829 cm