Brick of Tea, Siberia, 18th-19th century
date: label: date made
content: 18th - 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Feathers, bones, seashells, cloth, and important commodities, such as this brick of tea, are just some of the variety of objects that have been used to represent value and to make general or ceremonial payments.
place: label: place made
content: Russia: Siberia
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
label: Exhibition
content: Value of Money
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Benjamin Stack, Harvey G. Stack, and Norman Stack
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.77.38.105
label: accession number
content: 1977.1211
label: catalog number
content: 77.38.105
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tea brick money
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: Tea Brick Money; Asia; Siberia
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leaf, tea (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sawdust (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: compressed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.7 cm x 4.5 cm x 1.9 cm; 1 27/32 in x 1 25/32 in x 3/4 in