Shell Ring Money
date: label: date made
content: ca 1840
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: French Polynesia: Marquesas Islands
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.NU69502.6
label: accession number
content: 245613
label: catalog number
content: NU69502.6
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shell Ring Money (Poata)
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: Shell Ring Money (Poata); Oceania; Marquesas Islands
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shell clam giant (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (tridocna) (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white/yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: shaped, polished (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 16.4 mm x 90.8 mm; x 5/8 in x 3 9/16 in