Shell Ring Money
date: label: date collected
content: 1943
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Solomon Islands: Western, Vella Lavella
label: associated place
content: Solomon Islands: Western, Vella Lavella
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.NU71620
label: accession number
content: 247028
label: catalog number
content: NU71620
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ring Money, Shell (Poata)
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Object Type
content: shell money
label: Other Terms
content: Ring Money, Shell (Poata); Oceania; Solomon Islands, Vella Lavelle Is
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shell clam giant (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: (tridacna gigas) (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white/yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: polished (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 19.4 mm x 98.6 mm; 3/4 in x 3 7/8 in